Fr. Dominic Long and Fr. Kevin Zubel, Provincial Superior of the Denver Province, celebrate a Mass in honor of Our Mother of Perpetual Help.[/caption]

Confreres from throughout the United States and Mexico met in the cool oasis of Lago de Guadalupe near Mexico City in June to strengthen the foundation of brotherhood necessary for a new era of collaboration and ministry. The General Assembly of the future Seelos Province of North America led confreres to reflect on their own vocations, as well as their relationships with one another—the very foundation of the new Province. In a moving ritual that foreshadowed the spirit of the Assembly, provincial leaders—Fr. Kevin Zubel of the Denver Province, Fr. Joaquín Fraustro Nájera of the Province of Mexico, Fr. John Collins of the Baltimore Province and Fr. Dominic Long of the Extra-Patriam Vice Province—moved in procession to the sanctuary carrying pitchers of water which they poured into a larger basin, symbolizing the unification of the three Provinces and the new partnership with the Vice Province.