As a little boy with his mother.Rafael Avilés said many people helped his son along the way as he grew up in Mexico City.
On the day of his Priestly Ordination, July 21, 1998.Bishop Avilés shared that his mother, while raising four sons and one daughter, assigned chores to everyone at home. “There was no difference between the girls and the boys,” he said, when it came to chores, it was part of being a family.” She even taught the boys how to do laundry and cook.