| CURIA GENERALIZIA MARIANISTI Rome, January 26, 2005 Death Notice No. 5 (To all Unit Administrations) TThe Province of Madrid recommends to our fraternal prayers our dear Brother, ANGEL CHOMÓN, who died in the service of the Blessed Virgin Mary on January 22, 2005, at Madrid, Spain, in the 99th year of his age and the 82nd of his religious profession. Brother Angel Chomón was born on Sept. 2, 1906 in Villanueva de Bricia, Province of Burgos, Spain, the son of Claudio and Baltasara Vallejo de Chomón. After a few years in the postulate, he entered the novitiate in Vitoria and made his first vows as a religous on Sept. 1, 1923. On the same day in 1930, he dedicated himself totally to the Society of Mary with the profession of perpetual vows. After the scholasticate, his first years of active life as a teacher were spent in Ciudad Real, Vitoria, Tetuan (Morroco) where he headed the administration for four years, and Cadiz. In 1937 he became finance director of Colegio de Tetuan, and taught as well. Four years later, he repeated these same roles in Cadiz. In 1950, he began 25 years as the Province Head of Temporalities, where he contributed significantly to the growth of the Province. The Province of Madrid is greatly indebted to him for the quality of his person and his enthusiasm. His most visible legacy is his dedication to the growth of our schools; also, as a key person in the great expansion of the province, beginning with the construction of the new building in Cadiz, then later with the construction or expansion of practically every school we have, the current Provincial House, and the two university residence facilities. Over all these endeavors is the signature of Br. Angel, who had a knack of overcoming huge economic difficulties and challenges inherent in such projects. He found the strength and stamina to accomplish all this in his vocation as a religious. He felt deeply accountable to his brothers and to the Society. He drove himself always to do the best he possibly could. Consistant and trusting, prayer energized him to complete tasks he was involved in, some with almost no previous experience. He was consistent, a master of details, and committed to his work. A hard worker with a great closeness to and respect for others, he wanted to do well and to serve in a very charitable manner, despite a sometimes dry exterior. He loved others and made himself loved by others. Short in stature and large in heart, he came across as present in every convesation with his curt, clear and always charitable speech. He was honest, simple, truthful, articulate and trusting while agreeing and disagreeing with the opinions and decisions of others. He remained active, very active, but also he knew how to open the way to those who would follow him. In a letter to his Provincial on his 75th birthday, he wrote, "At my age, it isn't easy to change habits to understand and get used to new things. For that reason, I do not wish to be a block to the logical, normal and progressive development of the Province". He maintained this principle and at the same time did not wish to
isolate himself from province affairs. Even in the year 2000, at 93,
he sent a proposal to the provincial chapter dealing with the newly
formed Domingo Lazaro Foundation that would improve and guarantee the
financial stability and running of the schools. |