Events
January 2, 2027
On January 2–3, 2027, Professor Anuar Emmanuel López Marmolejo and Juan Martín Gama Jaramillo, representing the Anacleto González Flores Chair and in collaboration with the Cristeros de Colima Association, will participate as speakers in the First Regional Cristero Congress.
The congress will be held at the Church of San José in the city of Colima and will also feature Dr. Héctor Tarango and other guest speakers.
September 2, 2026
On Wednesday, September 2, at the Church of San Juan Diego in Guadalajara, as part of the commemoration of the beginning of the Cristero uprising, Professor Anuar Emmanuel López Marmolejo delivered a lecture to the faithful of the community entitled “Causes and Background of the Cristero War.” The lecture was the first in an extensive program of events.
August 24, 2026
On August 24, Juan Martín Gama Jaramillo delivered two lectures to the students of the Seminary of San Juan de los Lagos on the occasion of the Lectio Inauguralis of this important institution, where future priests from the towns and cities of the Los Altos de Jalisco region are formed.
It is worth recalling that Blessed Anacleto González Flores himself studied for a time at this seminary.
In addition to the seminarians, the event was attended by the Rector, Fr. Juan de Jesús Fuentes Hernández, and the Prefect of Studies, Fr. Jesús Padilla Iñiguez.
The two lectures were entitled:
“Historical Background of the Devotion to Christ the King”
and
“Catholic Mobilizations Prior to the Armed Conflict and the Beginning of the Defense of the Faith.”
July 31, 2026
On July 31 and August 1, 2026, the First National Cristero Congress was held at the Templo Expiatorio del Santísimo Sacramento in Guadalajara. Organized by the Anacleto González Flores Chair in collaboration with the Guardia Nacional Cristera as part of the centenary commemorations of the beginning of the Cristero uprising, the congress brought together scholars and specialists to examine the historical, religious, and social roots of the conflict of 1926–1929.
The first day explored the broader historical background of the Cristiada, from the French Revolution and the War in the Vendée to Mexican Independence, the Reform era, religious persecution, and the Mexican Revolution. The second day focused more directly on the formation and mobilization of Mexican Catholics, including the influence of Rerum Novarum, the organization of Catholic youth, Catholic mobilizations between 1920 and 1926, and the events at Chalchihuites that preceded the outbreak of the armed conflict.
The Congress represented one of the principal initiatives of the Anacleto González Flores Chair marking the centenary of the Cristiada, placing the conflict within the wider history of religious persecution, Catholic social organization, and civil resistance in Mexico. Its dates were particularly significant: the gathering coincided with the centenary of the implementation of the so-called Calles Law and the suspension of public worship in 1926, events that marked a decisive turning point toward the Cristero War.