Today, November 23rd, Brother Gustavo van Humbeeck Benegas, ss.cc., will be ordained a deacon. The ceremony will be presided over by Bishop Guillermo Steckling, omi, of the Diocese of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, at 7:00 PM, at Our Lady of Fatima Parish, in the city of Presidente Franco.

The Holy Mass will be open to the public, but can also be followed on the parish's social media channels. Facebook. The broadcast will be done by the local communications team and will also be simultaneously rebroadcast by... Padre Eustáquio Channel, Therefore, this Tuesday, there will be Holy Mass at the Sanctuary of Health and Peace at 7 pm as usual, but it will not be broadcast due to the Ordination of Brother Gustavo, which will be shown at that time. The celebration will be in Spanish.

Gustavo Rafael Arnaldo Van Humbeeck Benegas was born on March 14, 1989, in Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. He is the son of Rafael Adolfo Van Humbeeck Busto and Nélida Benegas Viveros. He is the third of four children.

He began his Christian initiation at the Parish of Saint Catherine of Siena in the city of Fernando de la Mora. He became acquainted with the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts from a very young age through the brothers who carry out their apostolate there. He then joined the Congregation in 2012 and, in the same year, began his philosophical studies at the Jesuit Institute of Humanistic and Philosophical Studies in Asunción.

He entered the novitiate in 2015 in Cerrillos de Curacaví, Chile, carrying out his pastoral work in the Sacred Hearts Community in that location.

He professed his temporary vows on January 15, 2016, at the Santa Catarina de Sena Parish, the place where he grew up in his Christian life. He made his perpetual profession at the Nossa Senhora de Fátima Parish, in the city of Presidente Franco, on November 23, 2020, the community where he currently serves.

Between 2016 and 2019, he pursued his theological studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and carried out his pastoral work at the Parish of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, accompanying the youth and sick of the communities: Father Esteban Gumucio and Maria da Esperança. In addition, he underwent a formative experience at the Sanctuary of Health and Peace in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 2020.