Franciscan Minims of the Perpetual Help of Mary

The Franciscan Minims of the Perpetual Succour of Mary found a second Convent at Guadalajara

At present, July 2007, the cloister walls are finished and blessed (above),
now the nuns need to construct the rest of the buildings!


The new Minim Convent rises in Zapopan, Guadalajara. In 1999 Bishop Alfonso De Galarreta recommended the new foundation, since the maximum number of nuns for the community (33) was almost complete.

The Order, founded in 1942 at Zamora, Mexico, is today thriving in fidelity to Holy Tradition under the chaplaincy of the SSPX. The nuns have Our Mother of Perpetual Succour as their Superior General to Whom they have recourse for counsel and advice on every occasion. This they also reflect in the colours of their habit which are taken from Her holy image. Also called the Order of Atonement, they live a life of penance in order to atone for the sins of the entire world.

Each Minim lives, first of all, a life of prayer and penance. They are as mothers of suffering humanity, due to their vocation as victim souls, united to Jesus, Divine Mediator. Each nun pronounces the perpetual vow of victim at the time of perpetual profession.They continuously mourn over the wounds of the world, keeping in mind all the spiritual and temporal needs of each and every one who mourns in this valley of tears, praying for all without exception. Seeking first the Kingdom of God and His Justice, the nuns live a penitential life. Below: A typical cell with its sparse furnishings and wooden bed and nuns taking their meals kneeling in their austere refectory.

The Minims are dedicated to an intense life of detachment from the world, offering themselves up continuously to prayer and sacrifice. Their only exterior apostolate,within the convent itself is to give religious conferences to women,organise groups for catechism and feminine Catholic activities, with the purpose of educating women in morals, in social customs, and instructing them in a life of piety. Another part of their apostolate is the publication of Estrella magazine and bulletins, so as to expand their work and send out little rays of light to Catholic homes. Below: Nuns engaged in teaching little children in the convent, a sister making sacred vestments, another sister making hosts for the Holy Sacrifice, and work in the kitchen. At right: A professed nun with long blue veil makes a visit to the Blessed Sacrament through the little window overlooking the high altar of the church.

If you wish to be part of this beautiful work in honour of Our Mother of Perpetual Succour as a nun or benefactor, write to:

Avenida Xochiquetzal # 249.
Colonia Santa Isabel Tola.
Delegación Gustavo A. Madero
07010 Mexico D.F.
Mexico