Organizational
Structure
The Tepeyac Association consists of a network of 40 groups called Guadalupano
Committees. These committees are based in 40 neighborhoods throughout New York City and
portions of upstate New York; they are divided into eight regions based on population size
and geographical location. Each region is composed of several committees led by 4 or 5
elected representatives who in turn elect a regional leader. Each of the eight regional
elected leaders form the majority of the board of directors. Three members of each
committee vote every six months at the General Assembly for the mayor plans and decisions.
This grassroots initiative builds a sense of trust among members since decisions are made
from within the community.
- The General Assembly is the maximum authority of the Association. The 3 principal
leaders of each Guadalupano Committee integrate it. They deposit their executive authority
on the 7 Regional Leaders, which form the Board of Directors. The principal leaders of
each committee, who are integrated in the Region, choose regional leaders through
democratic elections. They are elected for 2 years and with the possibility of being
elected again after the evaluation but only for one more year, if their region decides it.
- Anyone who want to be a member of this association must belong to and be an active
member of at least one of the following kind of groups: Guadalupano Committees, the teams
of Goals, Cooperatives promoted by the Association, and Voluntary group encouraged by the
Association. The Staff or the Team of Support is only a team that gives services to the
Board of Directors and only has moral authority and can not make decisions. They can only
carry out what they are in charge what Board of Directors has given them. The Director of
the Programs and the Association Projects coordinates the Staff.
- Regions and Parishes in which there are Guadalupano Committees involved in our
Association Tepeyac de New York:
REGION 1:
- - Immaculate Conception (Staten Island)
- Our Lady of Good Counsel (Staten Island)
- St Mary of the Assumption (Staten Island)
REGION2:
- Nativity (Manhattan)
- St Brigid (Manhattan)
- Our Lady of Guadalupe (Manhatttan)
- Blessed Sacrament (Queens)
- St. Joseph (Astoria, Queens)
- Sta. Catarina of Alejandría (Brooklyn)
- Sacred Hearth (Brooklyn)
REGION 3:
- San Pablo (Manhattan)
- Holy Name (Manhattan)
- St Cecilia (Manhattan)
- Ntra. Sra del Buen Consejo (Manhattan)
- Ntra. Sra del Monte Carmelo (Manhattan)
- Sta. Elizabeth (Manhattan)
REGION 4:
- St. Peter (Yonkers)
- St. Brendan (Bronx)
- Ntra. Sra. de la Merced (Bronx)
- Ntra. Sra. del Refugio (Bronx)
- San Felipe Neri (Bronx)
- New Rochelle (Westchester)
- San Juan el Evangelista (Westchester)
REGION 5:
- Christ the King (Bronx)
- Immaculate Conception (Bronx)
- St. Rita (Bronx)
- St Luke (Bronx)
- St Jerome (Bronx)
- St Pío (Bronx)
- St Roch (Bronx)
REGION 6:
- Mount Carmelo (Bronx)
- Our Saviour (Bronx)
- St Martín de Tours (Bronx)
- St Lucia (Bronx)
- St Thomas de Aquainas (Bronx)
REGION 7:
- Newburg
- Haverstraw
- Middle Town