Twenty couples made their annual one-year commitment to serve the Church primarily through their Sacrament of Matrimony and their apostolate in our mission, the Seguidores de la Cruz. These couples are designated and honored as Establecidos, those "established" in their commitment to live and serve as Seguidores de la Cruz. Working together as a team, they take on the primary responsibility for the mission's "School for Families". Two of the couples were making their first ever commitment, strengthening the Church and our mission.

The two new couples, Pedro & Margarita and Ricardo & Gilda, shared their inspiring testimonies of the Lord Jesus revealing Himself their individual hearts and then calling them as a couple to serve the renewal of Catholic family life in the mission of Servants of the Cross.

A special blessing was called upon the two new couples, Pedro & Margarita (seen beneath the Cricifix) and Ricardo & Gilda (pictured behid the michrophone).

Mike Pozuc — with his wife, Ann, members of the mission team since our inception — recounts the history of our mission in the Church, established in the Diocese of Matamoros, Mexico, and of the call to serve as Establecidos.

Our photagrapher for this article, Arianna, was eager and proud for us to see her parents who also made the commitment for another year.