Rudy Vargas is honored


During its 25th anniversary celebration in March, the National Pastoral Life Center honored Rudy Vargas IV, for his valuable contribution to the pastoral life of the Hispanic community and his fervent collaboration with the Center’s activities. Rudy is the director of the Northeast Hispanic Pastoral Center, and member of NCCHM. He has worked immensely with the young people from his region and with LaRed.


In addition to his family, his other family as he calls them, joined Rudy to proudly celebrate this significant recognition. Among them were some of his colleagues: Alejandro Aguilera-Titus, from the USCCB Office of Diversity, Dulce Jiménez, from Sadlier, Juan Luis Calderón, from FIP, the directors of Hispanic ministry in New York and Philadelphia, and Carmen Aguinaco, representing NCCHM.

NCCHM extends Rudy their utmost congratulation and is proud of his very much deserved recognition.

South East Pastoral Center celebrates 30 years of service

This past October, SEPI celebrated its 30 years of pastoral service to the Southeast Diocesan región and the People of God throughout the nation.

Archbishop Favalora, president of SEPI´s Board of Directors, invited the Bishops of the Southeast Dioceses to attend this important occasion, noting: “SEPI has effectively assisted the Archbishops and Bishops of the region with the training of clergy, religious and lay people responding to the pastoral and spiritual needs of the growing Hispanic Catholic community.

Under the leadership of Rev Mario Vizcaíno, SchP, SPD, who recently was selected by CARA to receive the 2008 Cardinal Cushing Award for the Advancement of the Church, SEPI has grown from its humble beginnings serving Miami to serving the thirty dioceses of Regions V and XIV. In recognition of this special anniversary, SEPI will be sending its two volume- compilation of the original documents of the Hispanic Ministry history to each of these diocese and to the Catholic University.”