My name is Fr. Agustin Carrillo, C.M.F., the newly assigned Vocation Director for the Claretian Missionaries of the U.S.-Canada Province.

I’m a 37-year-old Mexican-American, born and raised on the far Southside of Chicago. I grew up attending mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church—which also happens to be the National Shrine of St. Jude—ministered by the Claretian Missionaries since 1924. Inspired by the missionary stories and pastoral approach of the priests and brothers serving at my home parish, I decided to join them after graduating from the University of Illinois at Chicago and became a Claretian Missionary. While in formation, I obtained my MDiv degree from Catholic Theological Union in 2017 and later an MA in Theology in 2022. I went on to get ordained in 2018 and served as an associate pastor at St. Anthony Claret Church in Fresno, CA for the past six years. I now begin this new ministry assignment with gratitude for the privilege to accompany others on their journey in discovering who God is and who they are called to be.