In 1980, the Community of Capuchin Poor Clares of Guadalajara, Mexico, was visited by Fr. David G. Zumaya, a priest of the diocese of San Antonio, Texas originally from Mexico. They told him that they were hoping to establish the Order in the United States. He mentioned that he had some funds which could be used to aid the desired foundation. Fr. Zumaya spoke with Bishop Leroy Mathiesen, recently consecrated Bishop of the Diocese of Amarillo, and discovered that the bishop was very interested in having a contemplative community in his diocese. He asked Fr. Zumaya to extend an invitation to the sisters in Guadalajara to consider a foundation in his diocese. Mother María de Jesus Ibarra, President of the Federation of Capuchin Poor Clares to which the monastery in Guadalajara belonged, wrote to Bishop Mathiesen to say that the sisters had received his invitation with great joy and was very interested. On January 8, 1981, Bishop Mathiesen w...