{"id":290925,"date":"2026-07-08T23:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/290925\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T23:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:55:08","slug":"corazon-puro-forms-young-leaders-of-strong-faith-plans-autumn-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/290925\/","title":{"rendered":"Coraz\u00f3n Puro\u00a0Forms Young Leaders of Strong Faith, Plans Autumn Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

The next Second Stage Retreat by Coraz\u00f3n Puro<\/a> is set for Friday, Sept. 25, to Sunday, Sept. 27, at Saint Crispin Friary<\/a> in the Bronx. Coraz\u00f3n Puro is a Bronx-based Catholic outreach ministry that serves primarily Hispanic teens and young adults.<\/p>\n

Organizers said a First Stage Retreat \u201cforms the head and the heart through dynamic talks, healing services and shared identity.\u201d It is a three-day spiritual bootcamp to prepare the young faithful \u201cto live in a society that is working against you.\u201d Each participant receives a chastity ring upon completion as a symbol and reminder of the pledge, which is made at the closing of the retreat Mass.<\/p>\n

The bilingual retreat is open to youth and young adult ministry leaders ages 15-35 \u201cwho have had a conversion experience and are looking to deepen their relationship with Christ.\u201d Retreat applicants must have attended Coraz\u00f3n Puro\u2019s monthly formation meetings at least three times. All are welcome to return and re-live and renew a chastity promise. (The latest First Stage Retreat was in April; the next one will be in February.)<\/p>\n

Second stage retreat<\/p>\n

Coraz\u00f3n Puro\u2019s Second Stage Retreat \u201cemphasizes personal prayer and contemplative silence. The formation focuses on the topics of family, human development, relationships, and emotional chastity.\u201d Those retreats are open to anyone 18 and older who has received a chastity ring from a First Stage Retreat six months\u00a0or more\u00a0earlier. Coraz\u00f3n Puro usually hosts one first stage and one second stage weekend retreat per year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe typically have two priests in attendance for confession, and we conclude with fellowship,\u201d Salomon Cari\u00f1o, director of Coraz\u00f3n Puro, told The Good Newsroom.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have various committees assigned to different tasks; we have a committee for logistics; we have a committee for finance, and we have a committee for spirituality, in charge of scheduling priests for confession and rosary prayer services. We also have a committee in charge of social media, for announcements and promotions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cari\u00f1o noted that these roles assigned to the teens and young adults help in their faith leadership formation, service responsibilities that they \u201cbring back to their parishes and put into action. All this helps them in their faith journey, their spiritual growth, to know more profoundly their encounter with God, their acceptance of Jesus as Savior. We ask God for their healing during these retreats.\u201d<\/p>\n

The formation meetings<\/p>\n

The next monthly formation meeting of Coraz\u00f3n Puro in the Bronx is set for Saturday, July 18, at Saint Crispin\u2019s Friary, 420 East 156th St. (6 to 9 p.m.). The next monthly formation meeting of Coraz\u00f3n Puro in New Jersey is scheduled for the next day, Sunday, July 19, at Prince of Peace Chapel, 219 Pompton Rd., Haledon, N.J. (4 to 7 p.m.).<\/p>\n

Coraz\u00f3n Puro (Pure Heart) forms missionary leaders who empower fellow youth and young adults to live the fullness of life in authentic love and inner freedom through an intense relationship with Jesus Christ and service to their community. Organizers seek to encourage members to go out to their parishes and communities to give what they receive at Coraz\u00f3n Puro. The fruit of this standard, they said, is four affiliates: Dallas Coraz\u00f3n Puro, South Texas Coraz\u00f3n Puro, Nicaragua Coraz\u00f3n Puro, and Pure Heart Philippines.<\/p>\n

Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR, founded Coraz\u00f3n Puro in 2008. He is the ministry\u2019s spiritual director and president emeritus. Saint Philomena, a martyred virgin, is the ministry\u2019s patroness (born circa Jan. 10, 291, in Greece; died circa Aug. 10, 304, in Italy. Canonized 1837. Patron saint of infants, babies, and youth). For more information, visit Corazon Puro<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The next Second Stage Retreat by Coraz\u00f3n Puro is set for Friday, Sept. 25, to Sunday, Sept. 27,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[5555,128,6300,4840,109094,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-290925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-archdiocese-of-new-york","tag-bronx","tag-catholic","tag-catholic-church","tag-corazon-puro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}