Postulants on to Stage 2 . . .
Our Postulants, along with formators Kip Ledger and Jim Mungovan (friars on the right) had their Triduum experience "on the road." After their Good Friday and Easter Vigil in DC, they found their way to Baltimore's Easter Sunday Mass at St. Ambrose. They're pictured here at the friary after Mass with friars Paul Zaborowski and Bill Graham (friars on the left).
On Friday, May 3rd, the men said their "goodbyes" to Padre Pio Friary in Philadelphia. After a few weeks of down time with their families, they'll be traveling to St. Louis, MO, for the Inter-Provincial Postulancy program which begins on Sunday, May 26th.
Brothers, know of our prayers for you on all your journeys - vocational and otherwise . . .
Spring Come-And-See Weekend
15 candidates "from different part of the US soil" had a "fabulous weekend" of discernment with the likes of our Capuchin friars Raf Anguiano, Tom Betz, Alex Hostoffer, Mike Herlihy, Edgar Pereira, Tage Danielson & Lester Knoll. Postulants Tony Rivera and Matt Lontz were there as well. In thanks for the March 1-3 weekend experience, Vocation Director, Br. Raf wrote: "The Lord is very good to us. The Lord really spoils us with the gift of brothers. Thank you for all your prayers!"
Postulants return to Graymoor
The inter-Franciscan Formation for men and women of the Northeast gathered for the Spring encounter in Garrison, NY, from March 12-15. This time, the Stigmata Province friar Robert William, OFM Cap,, presented on Forming a Franciscan Imagination through the perspective of St. Bonaventure. Imagine that. Our own Kip Ledger, OFM Cap., and Sr. Veronica Wood, OSF (Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann communities, Syracuse, NY) have been charged with the role of coordinating future gatherings. Lead on, Br. Kip!
Discernment Weekend - Spring 2019
15 candidates "from different part of the US soil" had a "fabulous weekend" of discernment with the likes of our Capuchin brothers Raf Anguiano, Vocation Director, Tom Betz, our Provincial Minister, friar students Alex Hostoffer, Mike Herlihy, Edgar Pereira, Tage Danielson and Lester Knoll, from our Capuchin Formation Program in Wickliffe, OH. Postulants Tony Rivera and Matt Lontz were there as well.
Ordinations All Around
Br. Diogo Escudero, OFM Cap. (far right) is picture with Capuchin Deacon Tage Danielson, OFM Cap. (2nd from left) and two other deacons before the Ordination Mass.
Br. Diogo's a Deacon
This month witnessed ordinations of Capuchin friars from all of our jurisdictions in the US, Puerto Rico and Papua New Guine. Our brother Diogo Escudero, OFM Cap., (pictured above, fourth from the right) was ordained a deacon in Washington, DC, on Saturday, January 5th. At the celebrative dinner after the Ordination, Diogo thanks his family, friends and friars for their support:
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