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Carlos De la Torre’s account about his last days as a Cristero combatant. Includes news about his brother Alfonso’s death

Letter from Carlos De la Torre to his brother, Ignacio De la Torre, congratulating him on his twenty-five years of priesthood, and in which he explains his work once he returns to Mexico as head of the Social Secretariat of the Society of Jesus'…

Letter from Carlos De la Torre to his brother, Ignacio De la Torre. Includes reflections about life in Ysleta College (El Paso, Texas), congratulations for dedicating the new altar to the Virgin of Guadalupe and news from Francisco De la Torre. He…

Letter from Carlos De la Torre, during his philosophy studies, in which he cheers up his mother and makes vows for her swift recovery. He exchanges family news and recounts his experiences driving the seminary's car, the farewell party for one of his…

Letter from Carlos de la Torre to his mother, María Uribarren. Includes observations about life at Ysleta College (El Paso, Texas) and a description of the examination procedures

Letter from Carlos De la Torre to his brother, Ignacio De la Torre. Includes news about the challenges of Jesuit instruction during the war and the opening of a theological college for the Mexican Province in El Paso, Texas

Family members visiting Carlos De la Torre at Ysleta College

Letter of Francisco De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre in which he announces his decision to become a priest and stay living in Sonora

Francisco De la Torre’s responses to the Society of Jesus’ admission questionnaire

Letter of Francisco De la Torre to his mother María Uribarren in which, making the most of his school break spent in the U.S. and without the risks of sending mail via Mexico’s postal service, he describes the Jesuits’ works in Chihuahua and…

Letter from Francisco De la Torre to his mother María Uribarren in which he recounts his responsibilities at the San Jose Private Day School, where he was posted in El Salvador. He describes the country’s religious liberty, its geography and the…

Letter from Francisco De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre in which he writes about his first experiences at the Gregorian University in Rome and the life at the Society of Jesus’ residence halls in Rome. It includes his impression on the…

Letter from Francisco De la Torre to his parents Ignacio De la Torre B. and María Uribarren in which he describes the audience offered by Pope Pius XII to a group of Mexicans at Castel Gandolfo on occasion of the coming Virgin of Guadalupe monument…

Letter from Francisco De la Torre to his sister, María De la Torre, in which he narrates his trip to Hermosillo via the U.S. and discusses some issues regarding the piano used by María

Letter from Father Francisco De la Torre to his mother, María Uribarren, during his time in Port-Townsend, Washington written from Yakima. It describes his experiences tending Mexican immigrants brought there to harvest the apple orchards

Letter from Father Francisco De la Torre to his mother, María Uribarren, in which he narrates his trip from the seminary in Montezuma, New Mexico to Puebla, Puebla, where he will work at the Eastern Institute. Includes an account of his transit…

Letter from Father Francisco De la Torre to his mother, María Uribarren, in which he recounts his return to the Montezuma seminary, the changes it has undergone, its new people, those already gone, his luck driving and the fate of those Jesuit…

Letter from Francisco de la Torre to his sister, María de la Torre, in which he urges Carlos to leave for the seminary in Ysleta, offers instructions on the measures to follow and explains the special conditions under which they will examine him and…

Photograph of Francisco de la Torre's ordination in Rome, San Remo, Italy

Letter from Ignacio De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre in which he announces his priestly calling