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Friar José del Refugio Morales Córdova (OFM)
The congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception was founded in 1874 in Mexico City by a Franciscan priest, Friar José del Refugio Morales Córdova (1836 - 1894), and three Sisters.
Today it has over 1,100 sisters. They have close to 150 convents in various Latin American countries, the United States, and in some countries in Africa.
The sisters’ principal charism is the education of the young, the teaching of catechesis, and the care of the sick and elderly.
In August 1926, religious persecution ran rampant through Mexico. Many Priests and Nuns tried to escape the tortures of their country by fleeing into the United States. Many were successful, but many were killed in the attempt.
Reverend Mother Humilde Patlán Sánchez
Reverend Mother Humilde Patlán Sánchez (1895 - 1970) made a decision to send a group of 5 religious to San Antonio, Texas.
They stayed at the Convent of the Divine Providence. This group consisted of the following Religious:
•R. Mother Belen Rico
•M. Loreto Arredondo
•M. Emerenciana Pastor
•M. Maria del Buen, Consejo Andfade
•M. Magdalene Hernandez
After Christmas, the Sisters were sent to Santa Barbara, California to the Franciscan Convent.
Bishop John Joseph Cantwell
Father Albano (Franciscan) put them in contact with Father Francis Redman who was a good friend of Bishop John Joseph Cantwell. Father Redman told the Bishop that these Religious Sister's were well prepared for their work.
The Bishop then instructed Father Redman to contact the different Parishes to see who would accept them. A response came from Rev. Father Henry Eummelen, who was the Pastor of St Joseph's Parish in Santa Ana. With the help of the Sisters of Saint Joseph a small home was prepared for them on Garfield Street.
Rev. Father Henry Eummelen
Soon Father Eummelen realized that the little house could no longer accommodate the Sister's as 3 more Sister's arrived from Mexico. He obtained a larger house in El Modena, Ca., where the Sister's stayed for 3 years. This was a great distance for the ladies who transported the Sister's to the different Catechism centers. It was decided by Monsignor Leroy Callahan to bring the Sister's to a home located on Sixth Street in Santa Ana where they continued their Catechism work.
At the home Rev. Mother Emma Roman was named Superior. These Sister's dedicated themselves to the same work as the others before them.
The Divine Providence that always watched over His beloved daughters was manifested in an admirable manner, because when the benefactors realized the staff had grown, they made larger their donations and supplies. One of the first was Rev. Father José Origel who dedicated himself to the spiritual and material aid of the Religious when they arrived in Santa Ana.
HISTORIA
Mother Gertrude Balcazar Home for Senior Citizens
San Fernando, California, USA
El Plan estrategico de Mother Gertrude Balcazar Home para el 2018-2020 surge de
la necesidad de tener un camino claro con objetivos y metas bien definidas, que
conduzcan a Mother Gertrude Balcazar Home a continuar su servicio con los
adultos mayors.
“Es necesario y de caridad evangelica, prestar ayuda a todas aquellas personas que
quedan marginadas de la evolucion de la sociedad y de la historia, con una especial
referencia a los adultos mayores.” (Centessimus Annus 33)
En nuestra Casa Hogar de Adultos mayores acogemos cordialmente a los adultos
mayores que llegan a ellas, propiciamos un ambiente de familia, alividando de esta
manera su soledad. Cuidamos de su salud y les ayudamos a que den un sentido
salvifico a su sufrimiento, disponiendose a una serena muerte.
Con la gracia de Dios y la continua colaboracion del personal religioso y seglar,
sera posible lograr un servicio a las personas que vienen solicitando nuestros
servicios, para Gloria de Dios y bien de la Iglesia.
“Los cuidados solicitos que merecen las personas de edad avanzada no se basan
únicamente en un deber de caridad y de reconocimiento, sino que manifiestan
tambien la convicción de que su missión continua siendo valida y meritoria, aún
cuando por motivos de edad o de enfermedad se hayan visto obligados a dejar sus
propias actividades” (cfr. VC 44). Es por eso que, “rectificar la actual imagen
negativa de la vejez es una tarea cultural y educativa que debe comprometer a
todas las generaciones. Existe la responsabilidad con los adultos mayores de hoy
de ayudarles a captar el sentido de la edad, a apreciar sus propios recursos y asi
superar la tentación del rechazo, del auto-aislamiento, de la resignación a un
sentimiento de inutilidad, de la desesperación. Por otra parte, existe la
responsiblidad con las generaciones futuras, que consiste en preparar un contexto
humano, social y espiritual en el que toda persona pueda vivir con dignidad y
pelnitud esa estapa de la vida.” (Cfr. “La Dignidad del Anciano y su Mision en la
Iglesia y en el Mundo”. Pontificio Consejo para los Laicos, 1998
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