Vocations Continue to Grow in Colombia

The Viatorian Community in Colombia added four new religious brothers in January, and the celebration among family members and Viatorians alike, was heartfelt.

Br. Jhon Avellaneda, CSV; Br. Edwin Barreto, CSV; Br. Parmenio Medina, CSV; and Br. Juan Ramirez, CSV, all returned to Bogotá for the Mass and vow ceremony, which took place Jan. 5 in the chapel at Colegio San Viator.

Br. Avellaneda, Br. Barreto and Br. Medina all will return to finishing up their university studies, while Br. Ramirez will start his new assignment as a math teacher at Colegio San Viator in Tunja.

“This is the first step,” Fr. Daniel Hall, CSV, Provincial, told the new religious brothers in his homily. “From now on, you will live out those vows every day of your life.”

For the last year, they have been completing a year of formation at the Latin American Novitiate in Puente Alto, Chile, under the guidance of Fr. Eduardo Millan, CSV, their Novice Master.

The vow ceremony was the first time in nearly 40 years that four novices professed their vows at one time, in Colombia, all of which was not lost on new Provincial, Fr. Daniel Hall.

“It’s a sign of life,” he said. “It’s a sign that we’re growing — and thriving.”