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UPDATED ON AUGUST 25, 2003

 

BLESSED JOSEPH GERARD COMMUNITY

An Oblate pre-novitiate program located in Miramar, Florida.


UPDATED 3/20/05

Fr. James Allen, OMI, Director of the community, was born in Omaha, NE, and ordained a priest in 1965.

 

Lucio Cruz is in his fourth year of pre-novitiate.  He transferred from the Tijuana program in 2003.  His home is in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

 

Efraín Rosales is also a transfer student from Tijuana.  In his fourth  year of pre-novitiate, he too is from the State of Oaxaca in Mexico.

 

Victor Hugo Valenzuela spent two years in the Tijuana pre-novitiate before moving this summer to Miramar.  He will be focusing especially on his English skills this school year.

   
Bart Zavaletta comes from Brownsville, TX.  He recently obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Kinesiology and Physical Education from the University of Houston where he also played on the football team.  He is a pre-theology student.