Seven novices commence their first year of formation at the Medellín Novitiate
Seven candidates for the Marist life from four provinces entered the Interprovincial Novitiate La Valla in Medellín, Colombia, on February 2nd, to begin their first year of formation under the title “Mary, the disciple who acts in silence, keep us in your heart”.
The novices are: Johnathan Alexander Cruz Hurtado (Colombia, Norandina), Cristóbal Sebastián Tovias Fraga (México Occidental), Xavier Sebastián Males Armas (Ecuador, Norandina), Saúl Isaías Conza Salazar (Ecuador, Norandina), Victor Hugo Franco Méndez (México Central), Gerson Alexander Pooc Asig (Guatemala, Central America) and Jorge Luis Martínez Hernández (Nicaragua, Central America).
The team of formators includes Brother Alejandro Herrera, master of novices (Central America), Brother Jesús Hernández, sub-master (Western Mexico) and Brother Giovanni Velasco (Norandina).
On February 2nd, the formators will receive the Brothers with a welcoming ceremony and during the Eucharistic celebration, the novices will be given the important elements of the Institute of the Marist Brothers, such as the Constitutions, the calls of the XXII General Chapter and the Marist Cross.
The formation team and the novices invite all Marists of Champagnat to participate in the Eucharist for the beginning of the novitiate, which will take place on February 2nd, online, through Facebook and Youtube (Times: 6:00 p.m. Colombia).
Along with the seven new novices, four novices are starting their second year. They are: Mesvin Marroquín (Guatemala), Ernesto Da Costa (Venezuela), Gerardo Rivera (El Salvador) and Pedro Pinzón (Central Mexico),
The Medellín Novitiate
The novitiate of Colombia (Norandina) is an international formation house, where young people from the Provinces of Central America, Central Mexico, Western Mexico and Norandina, begin their journey in consecrated life; this is an expression of the Global Charismatic Family, which responds to the call of the last General Chapter.
