Our Lady of Guadalupe

My name is Timothy Davis, and I am the seminarian serving Our Lady of Guadalupe parish for this year. A lot of you have already seen me up at the altar, but I wanted to tell all of you a bit about myself so that we could know each other a bit better. I’m 29, and was actually born and raised in Illinois, two hours west of Chicago, on a small country farm of five acres. The nearest neighbor down the road was about half a mile away, and I grew up homeschooled, with five brothers and sisters, raising chickens, turkeys, and keeping a large produce garden. Adventures with a circle of close friends, a creek, and a nearby treeline, thoroughly explored with my dog, pretty much guaranteed I had a glorious childhood. In high school, I studied a program of Church history, and that made me ask questions of what the early Church was like. Mom and Dad raised us Evangelical Protestant, to love Jesus and read the Bible, but I became irresistibly drawn to the Catholic Church and was eventually baptized my sophomore year in college. I went to school in Santa Fe, at St. John’s College, and that’s my connection to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Immediately after deciding I needed to be a Catholic (I was 17 at the time), I felt the draw towards the priesthood, which at the time I thought was ridiculous - I wasn’t even baptized! Why should I want something like that? But our God was patient with me, and slowly moved my heart, so that just before graduation I met with the vocation director of Santa Fe, and the next year entered seminary. Fast forward six years, and with many bumps and turns along the way, I have completed my third year of theological studies. I officially begin my pastoral year this September, and God willing, return to seminary in the fall of 2019 to finish my final year before priesthood in May of 2020. Through this (very) long process, our good God has moved and encouraged me to love the People of God more and more, and to desire with all my heart to serve you as best I can; if He wills it, as a shepherd, a spiritual father, and a simple parish priest.

Join Fr. Daniel & Fr. Leon Vigil on pilrimage to the Holy Land & Egypt in October of 2018.  Join us as we visit and pray at the Holy Sites of Our Lord's life.  Please pick up a flier in the office or stop by if interested.  There is still room left for anyone interested.