 
“I am among you as the one who serves.”
With gratitude to the Most High God,
the Capuchin Franciscan Friars of the Province of
St. Mary announce with great joy the Ordination to
Priesthood of their brothers Thomas Franks,
O.F.M. Cap., Samuel Fuller, O.F.M. Cap.,
and Arlen Harris, O.F.M. Cap. and
the Ordination to Diaconate of their brothers Richard
Crawley, O.F.M. Cap. and Marvin Bearis,
O.F.M. Cap. by His Eminence Seán
Patrick Cardinal O’Malley, Capuchin
Archbishop of Boston on Saturday, June 7th, 2008 at
The Church of the Sacred Heart in Yonkers, New York.
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We offer Godspeed to our brothers John, Matthew, Michael
& Bill who completed their postulancy program in
Brooklyn on Wednesday, 07 May 2008. They will begin
their pre-novitiate program at Saint Fidelis Friary,
Victoria Kansas on Sunday, 25 May 2008. We wish them
well as we continue to offer them our prayers.
John Polasik, Matthew O’Hearn, Michael MacDonald,
Bernard Smith, Michael Greco, Bill Grace, Raphael
Iannone & Tino Arias |
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 On
Wednesday, May 14, 2008, The Province
of St. Mary, New York/New England, accepted five Candidates
into the Postulancy program. With gratitude to God,
we’d like to congratulate them: Matthew
Janeczko, Erik Lenhart, Max Monti-Bovi, Joseph Reagan,
and Matthew Stillman. We thank these exceptional
newly accepted Postulants, outstanding in so many ways
and wish them many blessings. Our June 6th, 7th, and
8th ‘Come and See’ Discernment weekend will
be a good opportunity to join in the congratulatory
celebration of our five Postulants-Elect. Additional
celebrations on our weekend will include the Ordination
of three of our brothers to Priesthood and the Ordination
of two of our brothers to Diaconate. Please join us
in prayer for their continued growth in faith and fraternity.
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 “On
Friday evening, 09 May 2008, the brothers of San Lorenzo
hosted a gathering for two men who are seriously considering
our way of life. The afternoon and evening consisted of
a most warm welcome; plenty of conversation time with
the brothers; prayer; social and a wonderful meal. The
brothers could not have been more open to their guests
and we are most appreciative of their kindness.
“As I mention so often, others in vocation ministry
are always so impressed regarding the overwhelming degree
of involvement in vocation outreach programs and for
this, we are very appreciative.
Nicholas Klein (28) who resides
in Brooklyn NY. Nicholas has dual citizenship [US and
UK] and a graduate of the University of London with
a major in philosophy. He is a talented individual who
among many projects completed a documentary about charitable
giving programs in Africa. He has recently been interviewed
on CNN.
Jared Cowell (21) from Brockton
MA who, after two years of study at Boston University,
is presently a student in the pretheology program at
the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio. He
has been very active in his home parish as well as the
Campus Ministry programs at BU and Franciscan U. In
addition, Jared is a mentor in the Life Teen Program.
“Again, many thanks to all those who made this
gathering a wonderful experience!”
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