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General Chapter of Diffinitors
Eleventh Day
Tultenango, July 26, 2022 – Memorial of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne.
Memorial of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne. Today’s Eucharist was presided over by Friar Pius Pietrzyk, OP, of the Province of Saint Joseph, USA, and the homily was preached by Friar Gregory Pearson, OP, of the Province of England. In his homily, Friar Gregory said: “The message of salvation that God communicates to us through the Incarnation, in the ‘language’ of the history of his people, is a message for all humanity. Our task as preachers is nothing less than to communicate that saving message to the men and women of our world, and that means both knowing the ‘language’ of the Incarnation and being able to show how it speaks to all those whom Christ came to redeem.”

General Chapter of Diffinitors
Tenth day
Tultenango, July 25, 2022
As we well know, Tultenango hosts the Definitory Capitulars in charge of defining the mission of the Order in the coming years. Today, especially, from lauds and the Eucharist, we prayed and congratulated the Province of Santiago de Mexico on the feast of its patron saint, Saint James the Apostle. On the occasion of this feast, Friar Luis Javier Rubio Guerrero, OP, Prior Provincial of the Province of Mexico, wrote a letter to congratulate the friars of that Province.

General Chapter of Diffinitors
9th day
Tultenango, July 24, 2022
Today is the Lord’s Day, a group of capitulars went to visit the monastery of the nuns of the Virgen Inmaculada de la Salud in Patzcuaro, Michoacan; and another group celebrated the Eucharist in the Retreat House of Tultenango.

General Chapter of Diffinitors
8th day
Tultenango, July 23, 2022
Saturday, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, began with the recitation of lauds and the celebration of the Eucharist, presided over by Friar Emiliano Vanoli, OP, of the Province of St. Augustine, Argentina; the homily was given by Friar Oscar Guayán, OP, of the Province of St. Luis Bertrán, Colombia. Oscar commented on the phrase of the Gospel: “Let them grow together, the wheat and the weeds, until the harvest”. He also emphasized prudence in the face of evil, which implies acting in the right way and at the right time, trusting that God is compassionate and gives us the necessary time.

General Chapter of Diffinitors
7th day
Tultenango, July 22, 2022
The capitular friars began Friday with lauds and the celebration of the Eucharist in French, presided over by Friar Liboire Kagabo, OP, of the Province of Canada, and with the homily preached by Friar Antonie de La Fayolle, OP, of the Province of France; he started from the quest of Mary Magdalene ꟷProtector of the Order of Preachersꟷ celebrated in the liturgy of the Eucharist, to speak of the “black hole effect”, that is, “the inability to look beyond setbacks”.