PRESENCE OF THE VIATORIAN COMMUNITY IN JUTIAPA, ATLÁNTIDA, HONDURAS

The Viatorians arrived in Jutiapa, Honduras, on January 10, 1998. Bishop Angel Garachana of the Diocese of San Pedro Sula opened the doors wide for us, and we took charge of the Nuestra Señora del Tránsito Parish. This mission encompasses the entire Municipality of Jutiapa, with its more than 80 villages, hamlets, and communities on the northern Caribbean coast of Honduras.

The founding team, sent by the Province of Spain, consisted of Fr. José Ramón Zudaire († November 22, 2007), Br. Arturo Lobo, and the young religious Víctor Cámara.

Milestones and Experiences of Our Journey

  • The impact of Hurricane Mitch in October 1998.
  • The creation of SERSO Honduras on November 28, 1998.
  • The volunteer program launched in 2001.
  • The steadfast concern for the education of children and youth.
  • The formation and accompaniment of committed laity.
  • The process of creating an original educational work since 2014.
  • The effort to launch Radio Viator.

Our Current Identity

Today, we are a Viatorian Community that has been walking together since October 25, 2008, composed of 26 associate Viatorians and 5 religious Viatorians. We are Viatorians — men and women, single, married, and celibate — walking toward God through our commitments in relation to the Viatorian charism.

We are a community with a Honduran face, committed and rooted in the reality of our municipality of Jutiapa.

Areas of Missionary Work and Service

  • Evangelization: Through the Nuestra Señora del Tránsito parish platform, serving the entire municipality.
  • Social Pastoral: With the support of SERSO in health, education, gender equality, housing, water and sanitation.
  • Education: San Viator Educational Center and the Maestro en Casa program.
  • Ecclesiology and Synodality: We embrace the guidance of the Latin American Church and the impulse of Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV toward a new way of being Church as the People of God.

As Fr. Querbes well knew, “God will provide.” And in Honduras, we say: “God will provide… and He provides…”