Expat Living

Candians living on the north shore of Lake Chapala will host a special 150th anniversary celebration, Saturday, July 1, at La Casa del Musico in San Antonio Tlayacapan. Sponsored collectively by the Canadian Club of Lake Chapala and the Chapala Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, the party will be the biggest Canadian event held at Lakeside, according to Canadian Club President Barbara Wills. “It will be fun and festive without too much protocol,” she said, “but we encourage Canadians to show their pride and wear their Canadiana.”

The Lake Chapala Society (LCS) got a head start on summer with the second annual picnic bash held Saturday, June 17. 

Christ Church Episcopal

Saturday, June 24, 11 a.m., James Arthur Powers, Jr., the Warden of Christ Church Episcopal, will be ordained to the diaconate by the Rt. Rev. Lino Rodriguez Amaro, the Bishop of the Diocese of the West in the Anglican Church of Mexico, in the sanctuary of the Little Chapel by the Lake, followed by a finger-food reception. Please wear red.

Villagers in San Juan Cosalá will wrap up festivities honoring patron saint John the Baptist Saturday, June 24. The traditional closing day religious procession starts at the parish church around 5:30 p.m., looping back to the plaza via the highway.

 Julio Alberto Raygoza Villanueva is on the verge of living out his childhood dream. From an early age he knew he wanted to grow up to become a pilot. Now age 21, the Chapala native is enrolled in flight school, steadily advancing on his desired career path. But his proud family worries that the high cost of continued training may keep him grounded.