CLARETIAN COMMUNITY OF DON BENITO
Our current Community (Academic Year 2024–25) is located in the city of Don Benito (Badajoz, Extremadura), with a population of nearly 40,000 inhabitants, including some nearby villages and hamlets. It is made up of 8 Claretian priests of different ages:
- Lorenzo García Palacios (Superior)
- José Márquez Valdés (Vicar)
- Francisco Javier Sánchez Peguero (Economus/Bursar)
- Santiago García Dueñas
- Juan Ramón Gómez Pascual
- Antonio López Simón
- Gabriel Miguélez Combaros
- Agustín Texeira Quirós
Three Claretians joined the Community at the beginning of this triennium, and another was assigned in July 2024 to serve a new parish entrusted to the Community.
We are a Community made up of members of different generations, with diverse backgrounds and sensitivities regarding life, faith, religious life, community living, and mission. We consider this diversity a richness for our present Community.
The Community currently carries out a wide apostolic mission through various ministries:
- Claret School.
- Parish of Saint John the Baptist.
- Parish of Saint Sebastian.
- Chaplaincy of Saint Anthony’s Hospital.
- Chaplaincy and spiritual care of the “Saint Teresa of Jesus Jornet” Home for the Elderly.
- Chaplaincy of the community of the Sacred Heart School.
- Parish of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Ruecas.
- Parish of Saint Peter the Apostle in Vivares.
- Parish of Saints Peter and Paul in Valdehornillos.
- From Saint John’s Parish: Alonso de Mendoza Nursing Home and the “Our Lady of the Crosses” Dependency Centre.
- From Saint Sebastian’s Parish: El Encinar Nursing Home.
- Archconfraternity of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
All apostolates are assumed by the Community as a missionary service that unites us all in the same mission.
CLARETIAN COMMUNITY OF SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE
Abajo, Serapio Sajeras, Antonio Sánchez, Esteban Bolívar, J. Antonio Garófano, and José Ángel Ayala.
We serve the parish of Our Lady of Pilar, located in the city centre.
We also provide pastoral care for the chaplaincy of the Salesian Sisters and for a hospital chaplaincy attended by Father Serapio.
