With a Eucharist on April 26, the feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel, the St. Ezekiel Moreno Formation House formation house St. Ezekiel Moreno reopened its doors in Lima after a two-year break. The day was lived with joy, gratitude and hope by the community, the secular fraternities and those who believe in the vocational future of the Church in Peru.
A reopening that smells like a vocational springtime
On April 26, 2025, on a date as significant as the feast of the Mother of Good Counsel, the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova of the Augustinian Recollects, the St. Thomas of Villanova Province of the Augustinian Recollects celebrated the official reopening of the formation house of St. Ezekiel Moreno in Lima. The main event was a Eucharist, presided over by Monsignor EmilianoEmiliano, who recalled with emotion that this seminary was born as a sign of hope for vocations. a sign of hope for vocations in Peru in Peru… and that today it is again.
“Let us continue with that hope: there will be new vocations, and this house is once again open to welcome them.”
A renewed home for new vocations
Friar Hoimer InostrozaInostroza, the new formator of the community, expressed his joy for this new stage:
“We are happy for this blessing. The expectations are many: that the formands grow in faith and in the encounter with Christ.”
Currently, three young people are being trained at the house of The house, which had been closed for two years, was closed for two years and is expected to have at least two more in August. The house, which had been closed for two years, is once again a place of discernment, fraternity and spiritual growth..
The objective is none other than to form young people with deep roots, with a passion for the Gospel and a spirit of dedication, like St. Ezekiel Moreno, the Augustinian Recollect saint who was a missionaryThe objective is to form young people with deep roots, with a passion for the Gospel and a spirit of dedication, like St. Ezekiel Moreno, the Augustinian Recollect saint who was a missionary, shepherd and guide of souls.
A house to grow, discern and dream of Christ
The reopening was not a simple administrative act. It was a celebration of faitha community yes to the religious vocation and a prophetic gesture of openness to the future. With the company of the Augustinian Recollect Secular Fraternity and other members of the OAR family, the house returned to life with new life, the house once again pulsated with new life..
“Welcome to St. Ezekiel Moreno Seminary. This house is open to all young people who want to begin this adventure with Christ.”
In the words of Friar Hoimer himself, this reopening is also intended to be a vocational seedbeda place where young people can discover that following Christ is a courageous and luminous decision a courageous and luminous decisionthat is worth a lifetime.
Under the gaze of the Mother of Good Counsel
By choosing this Marian feast as the date, the Augustinian Recollects wanted to place this project under the protection of the Virgin Mary. under the protection of the Virgin. May she advise, guide and support every young person who knocks on the doors of this house with a heart open to the Gospel.