Fr. John offers workshops and retreats on Franciscan topics, mission formation for Franciscan Health Systems and retreats for Religious Men and Women and clergy in the English-speaking world. He has been requested to preach parish missions & parish retreats throughout the United States.
Ordained a priest friar in 1981, he holds a BA in Counseling Psychology (1975), an MA in Liturgical Theology (1980), an MA in Franciscan Studies from St. Bonaventure University (1986), and an STL from Rome's Pontifical Antonianum University in Spirituality with post-graduate studies in Reformation studies at the Pontifical Greorianum University there. After teaching in the Religious Studies department at Borromeo Seminary of the Diocese of Cleveland for eight years, he was asked to take on various posts of education and administration for his Province of Capuchins. John served as Vice Rector and Prefect of Studies at the Collegio San Lorenzo, the International House for Capuchin Franciscan friars from over 30 countries who are studying at Rome's Universities (2004-2010); he also served as Liturgical Director there. Now a full-time Minister of the Word, he also serves as Archivist for his Capuchin Province of friars and as administrator for the Province's website capuchin.com.
An avid musician who plays keyboards and has animated Liturgies for both National and International Franciscan gatherings, he was a long-time staff member of the Franciscan Pilgrimages Program, offering Franciscan communities, Franciscan health care systems and educational institutions an experience of the places from which the charism of Sts. Francis and Clare of Assisi emerged and thrived. For over 30 years he was a regular contributor to both Weekday and Sunday Homily Helps for Franciscan Media (formerly St. Anthony Messenger Press) and is often asked to provide ongoing formation in the heart & spirituality of our two hero saints, Francis and Clare, for friars and sisters young and old.
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