{"id":4785,"date":"2021-05-18T02:04:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T02:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/?page_id=4785"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:58:55","slug":"pastor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/pastor\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor Fr. Julio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About Friar Julio<\/h4>\n

Hi! I\u2019m Friar Julio Alberto Mart\u00ednez. I\u2019m a Conventual Franciscan Friar and pastor of St. Julia. Although I have lived most of my life in the U.S., I am an immigrant. Together with my family, we sought political asylum here from Cuba. I grew up in Connecticut and have lived in various states and in Italy. I am most grateful to my Franciscan brothers for so many blessings and for the great gift of sharing life and ministry in this wonderful company of brothers.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve done quite a number of things in my life: parish priest, youth center director, substance abuse counselor, high school counselor, high school and middle school teacher, adult ESOL teacher, trained spiritual director, retreat director, and now pastor. Yes, I\u2019ve been around the block quite a few times and I am most grateful for God\u2019s accompaniment through it all.<\/p>\n

So, here I am at St. Julia in Siler City, North Carolina. What a blessing and what a joy it is for me to be in the company of such wonderful people.<\/p>\n

I have to tell you that I love being here. I find myself in the company of good and friendly people who I have the great honor to call my sisters and brothers. We\u2019re a good match, I believe, and we are present to one another in the best of ways through thick and thin. I constantly experience their support and love and I pray that they experience mine. The good people of St. Julia have brought me closer to God by their deep faith and love for their families and faith community. I am so grateful for such a blessing.<\/p>\n

My search for God is a part of my life that I am devoted to. I try to live my life as compassionately as possible and to bring the compassion of God to those I serve and enjoy life with here at St. Julia. As a Franciscan Friar, my spirituality is definitely Incarnational. I respond to the incarnation of God in the person of Jesus with deep devotion and recognize it as God\u2019s great demonstration of God\u2019s love for creation. May God illumine me always with the keen awareness of God\u2019s presence and care for us all. May we all, here at St. Julia, continue to grow in our commitment to one another and our devotion to God\u2019s compassion.<\/p>\n

May God bless you with much life and peace. May you feel God\u2019s goodness in your lives.<\/p>\n

Fray Julio<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Acerca de Fray Julio<\/p>\n

\u00a1Hola! Soy Fray Julio Alberto Mart\u00ednez. Soy un fraile franciscano conventual y p\u00e1rroco de Santa Julia. Aunque he vivido la mayor parte de mi vida en los EE. UU., soy inmigrante. Junto con mi familia, buscamos asilo pol\u00edtico aqu\u00ed desde Cuba. Crec\u00ed en Connecticut y he vivido en varios estados y en Italia. Estoy muy agradecido a mis hermanos franciscanos por tantas bendiciones y por el gran regalo de compartir la vida y el ministerio en esta maravillosa compa\u00f1\u00eda de hermanos.<\/p>\n

He hecho muchas cosas en mi vida: p\u00e1rroco, director de un centro juvenil, consejero de abuso de sustancias, consejero de escuela secundaria, maestro de escuela secundaria y preparatoria, maestro de ESOL para adultos, director espiritual capacitado, director de retiros y ahora p\u00e1rroco. S\u00ed, he estado en el mundo varias veces y estoy muy agradecido por el acompa\u00f1amiento de Dios en todo.<\/p>\n

As\u00ed que aqu\u00ed estoy en Santa Julia en Siler City, Carolina del Norte. Qu\u00e9 bendici\u00f3n y qu\u00e9 alegr\u00eda es para m\u00ed estar en compa\u00f1\u00eda de personas tan maravillosas.<\/p>\n

Tengo que decirles que me encanta estar aqu\u00ed. Me encuentro en compa\u00f1\u00eda de gente buena y amigable a quienes tengo el gran honor de llamar mis hermanas y hermanos. Creo que somos una buena pareja y estamos presentes el uno para el otro de la mejor manera en las buenas y en las malas. Constantemente experimento su apoyo y amor y rezo para que ellos experimenten el m\u00edo. La buena gente de Santa Julia me ha acercado a Dios con su profunda fe y amor por sus familias y comunidad de fe. Estoy muy agradecido por tal bendici\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

Mi b\u00fasqueda de Dios es una parte de mi vida a la que me dedico. Trato de vivir mi vida con la mayor compasi\u00f3n posible y de llevar la compasi\u00f3n de Dios a aquellos a quienes sirvo y con quienes disfruto la vida aqu\u00ed en Santa Julia. Como fraile franciscano, mi espiritualidad es definitivamente encarnacional. Respondo a la encarnaci\u00f3n de Dios en la persona de Jes\u00fas con profunda devoci\u00f3n y la reconozco como la gran demostraci\u00f3n de Su amor por la creaci\u00f3n. Que Dios me ilumine siempre con la profunda conciencia de la presencia de Dios y su cuidado por todos nosotros. Que todos, aqu\u00ed en Santa Julia, sigamos creciendo en nuestro compromiso mutuo y en nuestra devoci\u00f3n a la compasi\u00f3n de Dios.<\/p>\n

Que Dios los bendiga con mucha vida y paz. Que sientan la bondad de Dios en sus vidas.<\/p>\n

Fray Julio<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About Friar Julio Hi! I\u2019m Friar Julio Alberto Mart\u00ednez. I\u2019m a Conventual Franciscan Friar and pastor of St. Julia. Although I have lived most of my life in the U.S., I am...","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4785","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4785"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7003,"href":"http:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4785\/revisions\/7003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stjuliasilercity.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}