Noel Díaz, El Sembrador supporters reflect on celebrating with Pope Francis
In March 1984, Noel Díaz was participating in Mass at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Los Angeles when he felt a deep calling from God to start serving his community through evangelization.
Soon after, he started a small Bible study group at his parish that has evolved into El Sembrador-Nueva Evangelización (ESNE), a U.S.-based, Spanish-language Catholic media network owned by El Sembrador Ministries (“The Sower”).
This Thanksgiving, Díaz’s efforts came full circle as he and more than 200 ministry members from the United States and Mexico — including priests, deacons, and laypeople — attended a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican Apostolic Palace to commemorate the group’s 40th anniversary.