Vocations

Friars Brian Menezes and Tyler Grudi participated in the Brothers Walking Together program. Dear Friends, Each year, friars in formation participate in the Brothers Walking Together program—an interprovincial, post-novitiate experience coordinated by the six US provinces in which…

  Br. Phil McCarter joins in a vigil remembering migrants who have died in the Arizona desert. In late September, Phil McCarter and Kevin Hamzik (Holy Name Province), both currently serving in Elfrida, Ariz., joined the School Sisters…

The postulants pose for a picture. From left are, Martin Tran, Jeremy Mayeaux, Ivan Arevalo, Tyler Harris, John Kashmer and Ricky Madere. Photo by Frank Jasper, OFM Visiting with the postulants (men discerning life as a friar) is…

Friars participating in the Brothers Walking Together program. Phil McCarter and Brian Menezes of St. John the Baptist Province are among nine men participating in Brothers Walking Together, the new interprovincial post-novitiate experience coordinated by the US-6 provinces.…

Temporary professed friars: Br. Raphael Ozoude, Joshua Richter, and Matt Ryan This summer, three temporary professed friars from the Province of St. John the Baptist left St. Joseph Interprovincial Friary in Chicago for three very different ministerial assignments.…

Temporary professed friars Raphael Ozoude, Joshua Richter and Matt Ryan This summer Raphael Ozoude, Joshua Richter and Matt Ryan, temporary professed friars with St. John the Baptist Province, will leave St. Joseph Interprovincial Friary in Chicago for…

Welcome, Brothers! On Saturday, December 5, Brothers Eric Seguin and John Boissy made their Solemn Profession at St. Clement Church in St. Bernard, Ohio. They vowed to follow the Rule of Francis for the rest of their lives. Since…

The newly professed with Provincial David Gaa of the Province of Santa Barbara. Each Rite of Profession is unique, but the July 2 ceremony at the novitiate in Santa Barbara, Calif., was especially profound for the US-6 novices…

Postulants and friars spending time together before social distancing. Franciscan prayer Fr. John Bok, OFM Dear Friends, What a year 2020 has been! In my 84 years, I don’t ever remember anything like it and I…

A joyful band of brothers Eleven men were received into the Order of Friars Minor as novices on Aug. 1, 2019 during the US-6 Chapter of Mats in Denver. In the video above, the men share their reactions to…