Hispanic deacons gather in Northbrook for national conference

deacons and their wives who gathered for the National Conference of Hispanic Deacons in Northbrook on July 12-15, 2018. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Deacon Manuel Rodriguez from Merchantville, N.J., listens along with his wife to Father Esequiel Sanchez's talk on the care of the family July 13, 2018, at the National Conference of Hispanic Deacons in Northbrook. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Deacon Angel Favila from Chicago takes notes at the National Conference of Hispanic Deacons in Northbrook on July 13, 2018. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Deacon Felipe Almendarez from Mission, Texas smiles during a July 13, 2018, talk by Father Esequiel Sanchez at the National Conference of Hispanic Deacons in Northbrook. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Father Esequiel Sanchez, rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, talks about the care of the family July 13, 2018, at the National Conference of Hispanic Deacons in Northbrook. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Deacons and their wives listen on July 13 as Father Esequiel Sanchez, rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, gives a talk July 13, 2018, at the National Conference of Hispanic Deacons in Northbrook. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Newly ordained Deacon Ramon Cazales from St. Mark Parish laughs as Father Esequiel Sanchez speaks July 13, 2018, at the National Conference of Hispanic Deacons in Northbrook. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Deacons and their wives listen as Father Esequiel Sanchez, rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, gives a July 13, 2018, talk on the care of the family at the National Conference of Hispanic Deacons in Northbrook. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Deacons from the archdiocese of Chicago greet each other during a break July 13 at the National Conference of Hispanic Deacons in Northbrook. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)