Upon reflecting upon the TLI experience I will serve to uphold life from conception to natural death through things such as being involved in the pro-life movement and being a hospice volunteer. I will also seek out boards to serve on that uphold life, serve the needs of others, and help preserve the environment. In addition, I will strive to be the best husband I can and future father while seeking out God in my daily life.
I pledge to actively practice and display Virtuous Leadership in every opportunity whether at work, in the Non-profit organization (St. Luke Productions) where I’m part of the board, at our Parish, as a lead Lector, as part of the Archdiocese pastoral Council, with my children, etc. I also pledge to deepen my faith according to God’s call and to use all I learned at TLI to become a mentor, a speaker and an advocate to the next generation NW catholic Hispanic leaders in conjunction with the Seattle Archdiocese.
I will work with the Archdiocese of Seattle to create a comprehensive Spanish glossary. The glossary will not only include terms but also expressions and will be available online to all archdiocesan employees and clergy. I will work on the standardization of terminology for consistency throughout the Archdiocese, as well as in improving the quality of translations in all archdiocesan resources. Promote the translation of all homilies into Spanish to have them available to parishioners who do not speak English (in Parishes with no Spanish Mass available). In addition, I will reach out to the Catholic Schools office to get involved [...]
Often in the public discourse, we lose the essence of what our faith teaches us beyond the black and white understandings on different issues. I want to help reshape conversations to bring focus to root issues in hopes of finding solutions. This may mean focusing on what causes a woman to walk through the doors seeking an abortion, what it means to be a woman in light of the gospel or why people seek to immigrate at great risks. To do this (1) I will work with others involved in the work that addresses dehumanization, (2) continue my education on this [...]
My mission is to be independent of the world and dependent on God. I am passionate about standing up for the weak and speaking truth, even though it may be controversial or unpopular. I believe God is leading me to work for the vulnerable through my current healthcare position or as a representative of my community. I must be a leader in my household first before I can lead others. Therefore, I choose to do God's will in my home with my family unit and serve on a board or elected position for God alone.
Tepeyac Leadership Institute has inspired me to share its knowledge of leadership. In the following school year, I will begin a book club with my colleagues at a public school using Virtuous Leadership by Alexandre Havard. Through this I hope to foster conversation about true leadership and open the door to a book club grounded in the Great Books model. This club will meet once a week among the faculty at the school to foster Socratic discussion and their intellectual development in the good, the true, and the beautiful.
My wife is an African American of protestant background. Since I reconnected with my Catholic roots a year ago and have been faithfully attending Mass every Sunday, I haven’t felt a connection or feeling of acceptance, resulting in a reluctance to take my entire family to Mass. This feeling is one that even my wife picked up on and we’ve talked about it. It’s an area I think I can help in to foster better relations among all ethnicities at our church. I’d do this by first conferring with the Pastor and formulating a plan to embrace all racial ethnicities and [...]
The pandemic has impacted everyone around the world, and with that it brought a lot of grief. Being inspired by the Holy Spirit, my own grief experience and seeing the increasingly big need to accompany individuals with their recent losses, I will commit to start a Grief Support group in my local community; with the intention to provide a space to make grief more bearable and help those to find solace in seeking help from the Lord during this difficult time. I will also commit to recruit participants from my area to join the TLI program in the future cohort.
As a survivor of spiritual abuse, it is my commitment to be a voice and resource for those who have experienced similar suffering. When grooming and abuse occurs at the hands of consecrated religious, victims can confuse the nature, characteristics, and attributes of the abuser with God's and the Church He established. By telling my story with a supporting curriculum, I hope to bring those still hurting back into a healing relationship with God and the Catholic faith.
My leadership commitment is with God and myself. I would like to keep growing spiritually by reading more about my faith and catholic issues. The Tepeyac Leadership Initiative program has created in me a need for more knowledge of my faith as well as the way in which other issues are related to my faith. I will commit to read at least three books a year on topics related to my faith with the objective of growing spiritually. Also, I will promote the TLI program to help other people find the information to growth in their faith as I did.
