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July
29, 1982: The group of young people is founded with the name of "Home
of the Mother of the Youth" in its female branch at the tomb
of St. Peter in Rome, as a sign of fidelity to the Pope. There were
six girls who made their commitments. Among these there were three
who went on to become co-founders of the Servant Sisters.
December 29, 1983: Holy Year of the Redemption. The male branch
of the Home of the Mother of the Youth is
founded, again before St. Peter's tomb in the Vatican. Of the seven
boys who made their commitment, Fr. Felix is a priest and the co-founder
of the Servant Priests and Brothers.
February 20, 1984: The H.M.
Magazine begins the spreading of the news of the Church and of the
Home. After all this time we thank Our Mother for the apostolic fruits
that this magazine has produced in so many souls.
September 22, 1984: On their return from a pilgrimage to several
shrines around Europe, the Servant Sisters in
silence began to live this new form of consecrated life. The first three
to make their commitments were Mother Ana, Sister Reme, and Sister Conchi.
September 1989: Mother Ana, Sister Reme, and Sister Conchi make
their first private vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience for three
years in Nazareth, the Holy Land, before Fr. Jeremiah R. Pastrana, Diocesan
Delegate in the diocese of Santander for Religious Sisters of Active
Life.
September 8, 1990: The Servant Priests
and Brothers of the Home of the Mother are founded. Fr Felix and
Fr. Juan make their first commitments.
1991: The building of the House-Home Carmen Maria in Barcenilla
commences.
December 11, 1993: The first priest of the Home was ordained in
the Diocese of Cuenca: Fr. Felix Lopez. It was a great grace of God for
all.
August 4, 1994: Elizabeth Van Keerbergen, better known to all
of us as Mamie, died in Santander after much suffering, which she offered
for priests and for the Home.
November 26, 1994: At last the official approval arrives. The
Bishop of Cuenca, Monsignor Jose Guerra Campos, approved the Servants
of the Home (the Brothers and Priests) as a "Public Association
of Faithful, Religious Institute in Formation." We were granted
as our headquarters the 17th Century Monastery in Priego, in the province
of Cuenca.
December 8, 1994: The Servants of
the Home (Sisters) are also approved, and they establish a convent
in Priego.
October 28, 1995: Fr. Juan Antonio Gomez is ordained.
December 25, 1995: The "Community of Adults of the Home of
the Mother" is begun. At Christmas Mass the first two members,Jose
Maria Huerta and Felicidad Martin, make their commitments in the parish
church of Piego.
1996: The Community of Belmonte, Cuenca, is founded. The Sisters
were entrusted with the apostolic work of the parish and the running
of an institution for poor and orphan girls.
June 10, 2001: In response to the call of Pope John Paul II that Christians
participate in the Communications Media to contribute more effectively to the
new evangelization, the Home of the Mother has begun a TV channel for the greater
glory of God, the motto of which is "Yeserday, today, and always: the Truth."
October 1, 2002: The first house of the Servant Sisters
of the Home of the Mother is founded outside of Spain, in Rome, the
heart of the Church. They study Carmelite spirituality in the Teresianum
in Rome and one sister begins to work for the service of the Church
in the Agency Fides, which belongs to the Congregation for the Evangelization
of Peoples.
March 25, 2003: The
first missionary community of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the
Mother is
sent to Chone (Ecuador), responding to the petition of the Archbishop
of Portoviejo, his most Reverand Excellency Jose Mario Ruiz Navas.
December
14, 2003: On the feast day of St. John of the Cross the first broadcasting
takes place on a radio frequency. HM Radio is now a reality, having begun
to extend the Kingdom of Heaven throughout the world.
August 2004: a new house of Servant Priests and Brothers and another
of Servant Sisters is founded in Naples, Florida. The Servant Sisters attend to the
vocation discernment program at Ave Maria University.
October 2006 - Two new
communities of Servant Sisters are founded. One in Jacksonville, FL where
they work in a parish and school there. The other is in Playaprieta,
Ecuador. The Archbishop there asked them to take over the direction of
a school of 300 children.
November 2006 - A community of Servant Brothers goes to Rome to study
theology in the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.
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