Spiritual Exercises in Miami
This past weekend, the Miami Chapter hosted the Spiritual Exercises at the Manresa Retreat House and also received one postulant and three aspirants during the closing Mass.
The Exercises were directed by Fr. Juan P. Ruiz, S.J., to a full house of 36 men of varying experience. Among them were three members of the Texas A&M aspirantado who traveled from Houston to participate in the Exercises:
Aspirant Ramiro Rodriguez, Jr.
Postulant Isaiah Rosas, and
Postulant Eduardo Cortez.
Six members of the UM aspirantado also joined:
Congregant Leonardo Morales
Aspirant Luis Pomareda
Postulant Joseph Morana
Postulant Christian Castañeda
Postulant Anthony Cacamese
Diego Escalante
And two members of the recently launched Orlando Aspirantado:
Phil Pereira
Postulant Matthew Gonzalez
At the closing Mass, our Director, Fr. Jorge Luis Rojas, S.J., concelebrated with Fr. Ruiz and received the following members:
Phil Pereira made the postulant promise.
The following men made the aspirant promise:
Eduardo Cortez
Matthew Gonzalez
Isaiah Rosas
Additionally, some of these men provided recorded testimonies of their experience.

