SPMA Update
Christmas Message from Father Hugo/Mensaje Navideño de parte del Padre Hugo
Dear friends,
May Jesus, born in Bethlehem, grant you peace, joy, and a blessed and prosperous Year 2026.
Each year, as we celebrate Christmas, we are invited to look back with grateful hearts for the time we have lived, and at the same time to ask the Lord-lying in the manger-to accompany us and bless us throughout the year that is beginning.
At Christmas, God once again confirms His trust and His love for us. He gives Himself to us in Jesus, in the Holy Family, so that we may radiate His peace and His joy to all the men and women of our time.
"Hope is generative," Pope Leo XIV reminds us. "To hope is to see this world become the world of God: a world in which God, human beings, and all creatures walk together once again, in the garden-city, the new Jerusalem." May Mary, our hope, always accompany our pilgrimage of faith and hope.
May God grant us in this year 2026 the grace of a strong and joyful faith, a renewed hope, and may He make us living instruments of His charity.
A very Merry Christmas and a blessed and prosperous Year 2026!
With affection and my blessing,
Father Hugo Tagle
Next SMPA Commissioning Mass on Jan. 17
The next SPMA Missionary Renewal Ceremony will be celebrated after 5 pm Mass on Sat. Jan. 17, 2026, in Cor Unum in Patre Shrine. This is also an opportunity for any Missionaries that were not able to join SPMA this past October for our Annual Missionary Renewal Day to renew their missionary commitment to the Blessed Mother.
For more information, contact Frances Zunker, SPMA Diocesan Coordinator, at (210) 380-3295.
SIGN UP NOW: Covenant of Love Classes start on Feb. 7
In February, SPMA will be facilitating Covenant of Love classes for SPMA Missionaries & Receivers.
The classes will take place on Saturday, Feb. 7 and Saturday, Feb. 14, from 9am to 12pm in Kentenich Hall. Those who complete the classes will be invited to make their Covenant of Love with the Blessed Mother in Cor Unum in Patre Shrine on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 5pm. There will be a celebration after Mass in Kentenich Hall.
To sign up for the classes or for additional information, contact Frances Zunker, SPMA Diocesan Coordinator, at 210-380-3295 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Reminder: Schoenstatt Holy Hour Every 2nd Wednesday at St. Jerome’s
Every second Wednesday of the month, St. Jerome Catholic Church is dedicating its weekly Holy Hour and Rosary to our Mother Thrice Admirable.
Every 2nd Wednesday (unless it falls on the 13th)
St. Jerome Catholic Church
7955 Real Rd, San Antonio, TX 78263
Adoration Chapel | 6 pm-7 pm
Upcoming dates include Jan. 14, Feb. 11, Mar. 11, and Apr. 8. SPMA Missionaries and Receivers are invited to bring their pilgrim shrines. For more information, contact Frances Zunker at (210) 380-3295 or Laura Martinez at (210) 336-8550.
Continue to pray for the canonization of João Pozzobon
SPMA invites all missionaries and receivers to continue praying for the canonization of Venerable João Pozzobon on the 27th of each month (in remembrance of his death on June 27, 1985).
If you would like a prayer card or a copy of the João Pozzobon Meditative Rosary, contact Frances Zunker, SPMA Diocesan Coordinator, at (210) 380-3295.