El R.P. Jorge y "Las Fabulosas!"

"[H]is only answer was to turn around and around..." :)

El Padre: "No puedo"

Las Fabulosas: "Vamos a usar vestidos"




Another snippet from the Father Francis Theodore Pfeifer, OMI work, When The Wolves Came: A Memoir.

Father Jorge had been serving in roughly the same area of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec as had Father Ted, as Father Ted tells us, "until about 1968 or 1969, when he was called to Mexico City.

"At the Oblate parish of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe one day, a half dozen well dressed, elegant ladies went to the parish and asked him to celebrate a high Mass for them, for having served one year in their place of work.

"Father Jorge listened to them and his only answer was to turn around and around.

"When he found out that they wanted this high Mass to be celebrated in their bordello, he did the same thing again and said he could celebrate the Mass.

"These well - dressed ladies were prostitutes.

"He said, No puedo -- I can't do it.

"Their point was, Vamos a usar vestidos -- we are going to wear long dresses.

"Needless to say, Father Jorge didn't agree.

"The ladies were known as Las Fabulosas -- the fabulous ones.

"Christ comes into the world and loves everyone.

"Father Jorge is most remembered for his great love toward the poor and the sick.

"He spent most of his life helping them, administering the sacraments and bringing the love of Christ and Mary to them."


Father Jorge and the Mexican Army.


"He died in Mexico City.

"Hours before his funeral Mass at La Guadalupita, soldiers were present in uniform beside the casket.

"It was not permitted to wear a military uniform in church in Mexico, but they gave a mute salute to Father Jorge because he had visited so many sick soldiers.

"As far as I know, the Mexican army had never done this for any priest before, and Father Jorge was an American citizen.

"He died with the people he loved..."