Join the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit for our Noche de Gala, a dinner concert featuring international opera singer José Bernardo Rubio with special guests. The Gala will have the theme of a masquerade ball and will be a memorable night of operatic, sacred, and Latin music inspired by the charismatic roots of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit.
Event details
(Dinner will be served at 7pm)
20523 Huebner Road
San Antonio, TX 78258
Dinner
Our amazing chef will be serving a delicious 4 course dinner.
Hors D’Oeuvres
Fruit & Cheese Skewers
Mini Beef SkewersSalad
Caesar
Main Course
Stuffed Pork Loin
Chicken Bruschetta
Bowtie Pasta with Lemon Sauce
Grilled Mixed Vegetables
Dessert
Lemon Bavarian Cake
Chocolate Mousse Cake
An open bar during the event will also be available.
Concert
José Bernardo Rubio
Internationally acclaimed Baritone José Bernardo Rubio’s recent engagements have included debuts at the famed Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Berlin Staatsoper, the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, and in Vienna at the Ronacher Theater.
His operatic credits include the title roles in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, and Gianni Schicchi. Other credits include Escamillo in Carmen, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Marcello and Schaunard in La Bohème, Guglielmo in Così fan Tutte, Tarquinius in The Rape of` Lucretia, Tonio in I Pagliacci, Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana, Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Hannah Before in As One, El Payador in Maria de Buenos Aires, Le Mari in Les Mamelles de Tiresias, Dr. Rappaccini in La hija de Rappaccini and Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus. His leading credits include principal roles for Cincinnati Opera, Seattle Opera, Portland Opera, Nashville Opera, Alamo City Opera, Asheville Lyric Opera, Tacoma Opera, Vashon Opera, Inland Northwest Opera, and Juneau Lyric Opera. He is among the first westerners to sing leading roles in China in contemporary Mandarin language operas, which have led to his debuts at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, the Shanghai Grand Theater, and the Jiangsu Grand Theater in Nanjing.
He has been a guest soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony, Boise Philharmonic, Evansville Philharmonic, the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Northwest, and the Rogue Valley Symphony. In recital he has appeared at Carnegie Hall and the Tianjin Julliard School.
Music and Dance
Following the concert, the dance floor will open and the DJ will play!
Get your ticket!
Tickets for the Noche de Gala are $125. We also have VIP seating for our Pontiff and Cardinal Sponsors with esteemed guests, including Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, Archbishop of San Antonio, and Fr. Pedro Arteaga, MSpS, the Provincial Superior of Christ the Priest Province. Check the seating map for availability. The ticket includes entrance into the event, a seat at your table, dinner, the concert featuring José Bernardo Rubio, and the dance following the concert. Tickets and seats are number (assigned seating), and there will be no ticket sales at the door, so pick your preferred seat now!*
Reserve your seats and purchase your tickets now!
What is the purpose of this event?
The main purpose of this event is to raise funds for the formation of future priests. As you already know, life is not cheap and everything costs money. Like any family, we have ordinary expenses that we have to pay such as food, electricity, water, telephone, health insurance, and car insurance. But we also have a very significant regular expense, which is the tuition of the brothers so that they can attend classes in the seminary. 
Studies cost about $25,000 per brother, each year. We currently have 6 brothers in our Province who are studying, and therefore our yearly tuition expenses are around $132,000. Although our formation directors work very hard to support the community, their income is not enough to cover all the expenses. That’s why we depend on the generosity of our friends and benefactors, and the funds we raise at events like this.Sponsors
This event would not be possible without the support of our amazing and generous sponsors.
Presenting Pontiff Sponsors
$10,000 – 18 event tickets at 2 VIP tables and more!
Cardinal Presenting Sponsors
$5,000 – 9 event tickets at a VIP table and more!
- Musical Performers made possible by Familia Rubio
- Licona Insurance Group
Archbishop Level Sponsors
$3,000 – 5 event tickets and more!
Bishop Level Sponsors
$2,000 – 2 event tickets and more!
- Oblate School of Theology
Priest Level Sponsors
$1,000 – 1 event ticket and more!
- Isabel Uranga; In Memory of Raymond Navarette
- Joyce Ullrich; In Memory of Dennis Ullrich
- IPd. USA Import
- Whittner Family; Special Intention
Deacon Level Sponsors
$500
- Deacon Dickie & Alma Yzaguirre
- Mr. & Mrs. José Ochoa; In Memory of Aurora Isabel Vásquez
- Monica Ochoa; In Memory of Reynaldo & Guadalupe Ochoa
- Javier and Cecilia Ochoa-Portillo; In Memory of Noah Xavier Ochoa-Portillo
Contact information
If you would like more information about this event, or if you would like to be a sponsor, please contact our Event Chair Margarita Ochoa-Smith at (210) 355‑1609.
For more general questions about the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit, please visit our website https://mspscpp.org or call us at (503) 324‑2492.
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