Fr. Pedro Manuel Chalacan Guerrero is our new priest here at St. Dennis. Fr. Pedro was born on May 16, 1984 in Los Andes, Ecuador. Fr. Pedro did his studies at the Our Lady of Hope Major Seminary and was ordained by Most Reverend Valter Dario Maggi on June 25, 2011. Fr. Pedro served in 4 parishes with the last one being Nuestra Senora de Altagracia (Our Lady of Grace). Some of the pastoral work in which he engaged during this time was mission in small communities, sewing workshops, educational projects, parish medicine cabinet project, along with his work with the Diocesan Catechetical Commisson.
Fr. Pedro will be ministering to the parishioners in Galena and Cambridge. Currently Fr. Pedro only a few words of English but he is working hard to learn the language. We welcome with open arms and hearts to St. Dennis and will do all we can to help him feel at home.