{"id":6414,"date":"2020-10-19T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilian.org\/?p=6414"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:46:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:46:24","slug":"another-novitiate-year-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilian.org\/en\/another-novitiate-year-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Novitiate Year Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Basilian novitiate in Tehuac\u00e1n, Mexico opened its doors to the current novice class on July 16, 2020. They will spend one year and a day, as prescribed by canon law, away from friends, family, work, and most things familiar to everyday life so that they may build a strong foundation of prayer and spirituality for the rest of their life as a Basilian.<br \/>\nFather Beto Rojas, CSB, director of novices in Mexico, shares this update of the activities in the novitiate:<\/p>\n<p>The Basilian novitiate community in Tehuac\u00e1n has now spent two months together. It is a large and diverse community; the six novices live with myself; Father Jess Owens, CSB, assistant director of novices; Father Juan Carlos, CSB, vicar of the parish of San Lorenzo; and Father Ren\u00e9 Espejel, CSB, vicar of the parish of San Jos\u00e9 Obrero. We celebrate Mass every Wednesday, share breakfast, and reflect on Sunday\u2019s readings with the priests of the parish: Father Alex Estrada, CSB and Father Daniel Porter, CSB. We celebrate the Eucharist in the parish on Wednesdays and Sundays and in the novitiate on the other days with all of the priests taking turns presiding.<\/p>\n<p>We started the novitiate year with a one-week silent retreat in the Trappist monastery of Jacona, Michoac\u00e1n. Then we took a two-day sightseeing tour through several places on our way to Tehuac\u00e1n. These activities helped us recognize some fundamental goals of the year: allowing God to enter our lives in silence and prayer; learning to know ourselves better; and working with the Spirit to build community.<\/p>\n<p>External workshops and courses were postponed when one of the novices contracted COVID-19 and needed to quarantine. During this time, the novices followed their daily routines of prayers, house cleaning and maintenance work, exercise, music, and singing. Every other week we spend a couple of hours unloading and distributing food in the parish and we all have an afternoon off on Sundays. On September 15, we celebrated Independence Day with the eight Basilian scholastics who came from Tlalpan, Mexico with Father Alberto Ju\u00e1rez, CSB and Father Pablo Walsh, CSB. Father Walsh, superior of Mexico, shared with the novices \u201cHistoria de la Vida Religiosa\u201d during a week of conferences and discussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Basilian novitiate in Tehuac\u00e1n, Mexico opened its doors to the current novice class on July 16, 2020. 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