Beyond the pilgrimage and mass that were held on 24 January, several other activities were organized in observance of the fourth anniversary of the death of the bishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Samuel Ruiz García.
On 27 January, the jTatik Samuel Museum was inaugurated in the El Caminante Communal Center of San Cristóbal de Las Casas (km 1.5 on the road toward Chamulá, passing Esquipulas). The new space contains five rooms that show the life and work of bishop Samuel Ruiz García, as well as the history and religions of Chiapas, from before the Spanish conquest, Evangelization, and the most recent history after the EZLN’s armed uprising.
Maldonado Quiroga, a member of the administration of El Caminante, detailed that the museum was created after seven years of data gathering by 11 individuals who comprised the council for the space. All 11 spent time next to Don Samuel during some point of his life.
On 26 January in Mexico City, there was held an event entitled “Sparkles in the darkness: the teachings of jTatic Samuel Ruiz four years after his passing,” in which several persons who were close to Don Samuel participated.
Raúl Vera, the bishop of Saltillo, recalled for example that “he changed my life, because I entered the indigenous world through the heart of Don Samuel. I never stopped seeing the future that God was building, and I saw that the evidence that we could create a new world was that we were attempting to so at that very moment.”
For more information in Spanish:
Inauguran Museo en honor al obispo Samuel Ruiz García (Diez Noticias, video, 28 de enero de 2015)
Celebran el cuarto aniversario luctuoso del obispo Samuel Ruiz (La Jornada, 28 de enero de 2015)
Inauguran Museo Jtatik Samuel (Prensa libre, 27 de enero de 2015)
Reconoce Manuel Velasco al obispo Samuel Ruiz (El Sol de México, 26 de enero de 2015)
Más información sobre Samuel Ruíz García (Serapaz)
For more information from SIPAZ (in English):
Chiapas: burial of Samuel Ruiz in the cathedral of San Cristóbal de Las Casas (31 January 2015)
Chiapas: Burial of Don Samuel Ruiz and presentation of the Jtatic Samuel Jcanan Lum Award (31 January 2011)
Mexico: Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia dies (26 January 2011)
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