{"id":2827,"date":"2015-05-21T02:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T02:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2015\/05\/21\/father-guillermo-trevino\/"},"modified":"2015-05-21T02:00:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T02:00:49","slug":"father-guillermo-trevino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/father-guillermo-trevino\/","title":{"rendered":"Father Guillermo Trevi\u00f1o"},"content":{"rendered":"

Important decisions have different outcomes. Those outcomes can either turn into experience to remember or a way to see things in a different light. Deacon Guillermo Trevi\u00f1o understands very well the power of a decision and its outcome.<\/p>\n

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Deacon Guillermo Trevi\u00f1o, to be ordained a Priest on June 6 of this year, never imagined he would be following this particular path in his life. In fact, as a young man he dreamed of becoming the President of the United States someday, but God had other plans for him. Trevi\u00f1o was born in San Antonio, TX and he moved to the Quad Cities when he was three years old. Some would call the move from Texas to Illinois as an unfortunate one since it was here that his family learned that the head of the family was sick and it was here that they lost a father and a husband.<\/p>

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\u201cI don\u2019t remember much growing up but when my dad got sick, in the year 2000, and my dad\u2019s death, was very hard on me and what little faith I had went away,\u201d Trevi\u00f1o explains the sad events of the past.<\/p>\n

As any young man of High School age, Trevi\u00f1o had a very difficult time dealing with the loss of his father. He missed more than 60 days of school and it seemed as he was on the verge of giving up. Thanks to his dedicated and loving mother he continued on and by his senior year of High School he ran for Moline High School Senior Class President. Around that time he met a man who would become his best friend in life and that man asked Trevi\u00f1o a question that would lead to a revolutionary thought for Trevi\u00f1o at that time. His friend asked him about his position on abortion and Trevi\u00f1o had no answer, so his friend gives him catechism and after reading it Trevi\u00f1o told to his friend that he did not believe that God listens to him and his friend answered that God listens to everybody\u2019s prayer.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cThat answer changed my life, God listens to me! I felt in a way I hadn\u2019t before,\u201d Trevi\u00f1o remembers that warm feeling that took over him.<\/p>\n

Trevi\u00f1o decided that he wanted to get confirmed and he was told that he had a choice to either do it with the eighth graders or with adults in RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults). Unfortunately, Trevi\u00f1o felt too proud to be confirmed along with the eighth graders and so he decided to think about it more. Meanwhile, his best friend took him along with him to visit various churches and seminaries, as he was entertaining an idea of becoming a priest one day.<\/p>

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\u201cWhile he decided it was not for him, I was starting to like the thought of becoming a priest,\u201d Trevi\u00f1o comments.<\/p>\n

That was a turning point for Trevi\u00f1o\u2019s faith journey. That was also the time that people around him started to encourage him. He met with Father Rudy Juarez who took him to Father Bob Gruss (who now is a Bishop), but he was told again and again he had to get confirmed before taking any more steps.<\/p>

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While dealing with his pride and desire to become a priest Trevi\u00f1o attended Black Hawk College, He graduated in 2007 with an Associate Degree in Political Science. Also, a year earlier, in 2006, Trevi\u00f1o finally let go of his pride and decided to get confirmed. He was told the same thing as years before; he could do it with eighth graders or the RCIA.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was confirmed with the eighth graders and was the tallest,\u201d Trevi\u00f1o tells with a laugh.<\/p>

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Now that confirmation was finally taken care of Trevi\u00f1o could at last pursue his dream of priesthood. So in 2007 he decided to apply for priesthood, but he did not get an application.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat really broke my heart, but looking back at it, I was not ready and everything happens for a reason,\u201d Trevi\u00f1o explains the outcome of this decision.<\/p>

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Even though it was very upsetting for Trevi\u00f1o he was trying to move on and see what he would do next. But God works in mysterious ways and while he was helping people after the immigration raids in Postville and Marshalltown in Iowa he saw Father Rudy Juarez again and he met Father Marv Mottet who, even retired, was every involved and was helping in St. Mary\u2019s Church in Davenport and Father Jerry Pilon, who buried his father. All of them along with other of Trevi\u00f1o\u2019s friends continued encouraging this young man to not give up his dream of becoming a priest. Trevi\u00f1o listened to their advice and he applied for the Dioceses of Davenport. In the fall of 2008 he got the great news, he was accepted. For the next few years Trevi\u00f1o would be studying hard.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudies were difficult but they were enriching. I put a sign in my room at Conception that I kept all seven years of seminary, it is modeled after St. Bernard\u2019s question: \u2018Guillermo, why am I here? The people of God in Davenport, hang in there, persevere\u2019,\u201d Trevi\u00f1o shared his memories.<\/p>\n

Years passed since Trevi\u00f1o made a decision to become a priest one day and on June 6 he will finally reach an important milestone in his faith journey. What is next for the future Father Trevi\u00f1o?<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goal as a priest is to cooperate with God\u2019s grace. I have been blessed with what He has given me. I hope to share the wonderful blessings I have been given. The thing I want to accomplish is to be a bridge for people. I speak English and Spanish. I like just about every sport, even NASCAR and pro wrestling. I grew up in the West End of Moline and am going to be a priest, I am living proof that with God all things are possible,\u201d Trevi\u00f1o said.<\/p>\n

Decisions daily affect our lives in a myriad ways. When he was still coming out of his teen years Guillermo Trevi\u00f1o decided to start his faith journey. It was a right decision that surely will bring a lot of positive outcomes not only for him and his family, but for everyone whose is around him. Congratulations Deacon Guillermo Trevi\u00f1o on you successful faith journey so far.<\/p>\n

On Saturday June 6 Guillermo Trevi\u00f1o will be ordained a Priest at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport, Iowa.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The day of his ordination the Diocese of Davenport will assign him to a Church in Eastern Iowa.<\/em><\/p>\n

In celebration of his ordination Father Guillermo Trevi\u00f1o will hold Masses at the following locations:<\/strong><\/p>\n

June 7 at 11 am at St. Mary Church in Moline<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

June 13 and 14 every Mass at St. Patrick\u2019s Church in Iowa City, Iowa<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

June 20 at 5 pm at Prince of Peace Church in Clinton, Iowa<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

June 21 at 10:30 AM at St. Joseph\u2019s Church in Hewitt, Iowa<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And on June 28 two Masses at the Church of St. James in Highwood, Illinois<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Photos by Tar Macias<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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