Esto Vir Group
Members of the Esto Vir Group attended the Florida Steubenville Conference at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort and Conference Center in Orlando, Florida this past weekend, July 16-18, 2021. The Esto Vir members in attendance were:
Richard Fernandez, Class of '21
Michael Martelly, Class of '22
Andres Jimenez, Class of '22
Matias Barbosa, Class of '22
Lucas Jimenez, Class of '23
Hely Santeliz, Class of '23
Alex Sanchez, Class of '23
Stephen Hernandez, Class of '23
Lucas Padron, Class of '23
The Group was accompanied by Erik Vieira, pastoral administrator of the ACU, and Andres Jimenez, Sr., teacher at Belen Jesuit. The theme for the weekend was Restored, and focused on restoring our lives as God intended them, including masculinity and femininity as intended by God, restoring our personal relationship with Christ, and restoring the place of Mary, as our Mother, in our spiritual lives. The highlight of the weekend is the Saturday night adoration and procession of the Blessed Sacrament during which the participants spend more than one hour adoring our Lord in the Eucharist. The Group had a photo opportunity with Bishop John Noonan of Orlando, Mari Pablo, a conference speaker from Miami, and Jimmy Mitchell, a conference speaker from Tampa. The Group also connected with the members of Tampa Jesuit High School, which runs a Marian Sodality similar to Esto Vir. Jimmy Mitchel is the campus minister at Tampa Jesuit.
