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March 20-22, 2008 (Triduum
Retreat)
German Capuchin Helmut
Rakowski led the annual Triduum Retreat hosted by the North
American and Pacific Capuchin Conference Novitiate in Burlington,
Wisconsin. He described Jesus as transforming the world by moving
from a model of holiness based on legal purity to holiness based
on compassion, then going on to describe St. Francis of Assisi,
not as a copy of Jesus, but as an original portrait, inspired by
Jesus. Helmut discussed how Francis' minority and poverty allowed
him to heal relationships. Thus, Francis did not opt for poverty,
but for poor people. He concluded by focusing on solidarity as the
Franciscan quality that transforms the world.
The Retreat was the People!
Helmut
Rakowski
Mexican Easter Cross
Easter
Art
Good Friday
Novices Mitch Frantz
and Tien
Dinh
Ed Colosky and Tyler Stamm
with professed Capuchin Zoilo Garibay
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February, 2008 (Archbishop
Dolan visits Capuchin novices)
Milwaukee's Archbishop
Timothy Dolan is an admirer of the capuchins and recently visited
the Capuchin Novitiate in Burlington, Wisconsin.
Archbishop Dolan
posing with Midwest Capuchin novices: George Real Bird,
Mitch
Frantz, Tom Nguyen, Tien Dinh, Joe Lindzius, and Mark Romanowski.
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February 15-17, 2008 (Wisconsin
Capuchin ministries weekend)
Nine Midwest Capuchin
Candidates and Postulants visited Capuchin ministries in Milwaukee
and Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin. This annual event historically has
focused on the ministries in Milwaukee, but included St. Lawrence
Seminary in Mt. Calvary because of the request of many candidates
who did not attend SLS themselves. Participants also visited the
House of Peace, St. Benedict the Moor and some of the provincial
offices in Milwaukee.
The group at St. Benedict the Moor in
Milwaukee. Front left to right: Sean Farkas,
Matt Kruszewski, Parker Tiffany, Kevyn Ernest, and
Julio Gallegos. Back: John Holly,
Dave Schwab, Stan Sobo, David
Hirt, Chuck Mattingly, Michael Joseph Groark,
and Jerry Schroeder. Bill Hugo took the picture.
Chuck
Mattingly
Parker Tiffany
Michael Joseph
Groark
Sean Farkas
Stanley
Sobo
Shirley Patterson-Bordeaux of the
House of Peace staff cooked for the group
The weekend provided lots of time
for personal prayer.
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February 8-10,
2008 (Candidates prepare applications to Postulancy)
Candidates planning to
apply to the next Midwest Capuchin Postulancy Class gathered at
St. Clare of Assisi Friary in Chicago to learn more about the
program, get to know the future classmates better, and move into
their final stages of discernment about their decision. Postulancy
directors Perry McDonald and Mark Joseph Costello explained the
program, and current postulants David Hirt and Julio Gallegos were
available to share their own current experience of
postulancy.
Participants Vito Martinez and Parker Tiffany
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18-20, 2008 (SLS/Candidate weekend)
Alums of St. Lawrence Seminary in Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin
returned there to Consider once again a Capuchin Vocation. Eleven
alumni and two new to SLS participated. Capuchin Novices and
Postulants also attended the weekend, including 5 alums of SLS.
Fr. Dennis Druggan, rector of SLS offered three reflections based
on his own vocational decision.
Fr. Dennis Druggan and his
alumni from SLS
Current SLS Seniors considering an application to the Capuchin
College Program or the non-residential Capuchin Candidacy program
posed with Capuchin novices and postulants who are alums of
SLS.
Alberto
Rodriquez
Ed
Colosky
Kyle Birkenmeier
Vocation Director Fr. John Holly presided and preached at our
Sunday Eucharist.
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December 17, 2007 (Historic
meeting of 3 Franciscan novitiates)
Novices from three branches of Franciscan men gathered at the
Capuchin novitiate in Burlington, Wisconsin. Capuchin Keith Clark
presented on the vow of celibacy. It is believed that this is the
first time so many novices from the three branches gathered
together in North America.
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December 2, 2007 (Todd
Wieschowski Professes First Vows)
After completing his novitiate at St. Conrad Novitiate in Allison
Park, Pennsylvania, Todd Wieschowski professed his first vows as a
Capuchin to Provincial Minister Daniel Anholzer.
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October 16-28, 2007 (Detroit Capuchin Ministry Weekend)
Eight Candidates and Inquirers
joined two Capuchin Postulants to explore the Capuchin Ministries
in Detroit, Michigan. Participants visited the famous Capuchin
Soup Kitchen, the Solanus Center, Capuchin Retreat, and St.
Charles Parish.
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July 29, 2007
(Novices Invested in the Capuchin habit)
New Capuchins from Australia,
Guam, Canada, and the United States were invested in the Capuchin
habit as capuchins on July 29th at St. Francis Friary in
Burlington, Wisconsin. Here is a picture of the entire group of 26
novices with their directors.
Seven of the new novices are for the Midwest USA Province of St.
Joseph. After the investiture ceremony, we go them together for a picture.
(Left to right): Mark Romanowski, Tom Nguyen,
Mitchell Frantz, Don Bosco Tran,
Joseph Lindzius, Tien Dinh, George
Real Bird
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July 8, 2007 (Postulants make
newspaper)
On July 8th, the Hays Daily
News ran a two-page article about 26 Capuchin postulants in
Victoria, Kansas preparing to begin their Novitiate later this
month in Burlington, Wisconsin. The 26 came from the
English-speaking provinces of Canada, Guam, Australia, and the
United States. Seven of the postulants are members of the Midwest
Capuchins. To view the PDF version of the article, click
here.
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May 26, 2007 (Postulants go to
Victoria KS to prepare for novitiate)
Our seven current postulants
left St. Clare of Assisi Friary in Chicago, where they spent the
first part of the Postulancy, to meet in Victoria, Kansas with 19
other postulants from across North America, Guam, and Australia to
prepare for the beginning of their novitiate. The 26 total
novices-to-be will spend 9 weeks in Victoria. This picture was
taken in the St. Clare Friary chapel after the local community
celebrated a departure prayer for them. Postulant Tien Dinh was
absent in order to attend his sister's wedding. He flew the next
day to Victoria to join the others. The group from left to right
includes Joe Lindzius, Mitch Frantz, Don Bosco Tran, Mark
Romanowski, Tom Nguyen, and George Real Bird.
Tien Dinh
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May 24, 2007 (Admissions Board
to Postulancy)
The Midwest Capuchin
provincial minister, Daniel Anholzer, accepted four candidates
into the Capuchin Postulancy to begin in Chicago on August 19th.
Suedi
Murekezi
Julio Gallegos
Eric
Renaud
David Hirt
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May 22, 2007 (Chicago BBQ
welcomes new SLS candidates)
St. Clare of Assisi Friary in
Chicago hosted a BBQ for new Candidates who recently graduated
from St. Lawrence Seminary in Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin. Thirty-seven
people attended, including many veteran candidates who wanted to
meet and support the new candidates. Here most of us are on the
rooftop of St. Clare Friary.
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April 5-7, 2007 (Triduum
Retreat)
Our annual Triduum Retreat
was held at Capuchin Retreat in Washington Township, Michigan. It
gathered Capuchin inquirers, candidates, postulants, and those in
temporary vows. Add to that capuchin volunteers and Capuchins from
around the province. Capuchin Michael Marigliano helped us reflect
on how Jesus saves us.
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March 2-4, 2007 (Milwaukee
Ministry Weekend)
Inquirers and Capuchin
candidates and postulants traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to
learn about capuchin ministries there.
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January 19-21, 2007
Capuchin Candidates seriously
considering an application to the postulancy class of 2007
gathered at St. Clare of Assisi Friary in Chicago, Illinois where
the program is housed. Current postulants and their directors
explained the program to potential applicants.
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January 12-14, 2007 (SLS alumni
gather to reconsider vocation)
Alumni of St. Lawrence
Seminary in Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin returned to their alma mater
and joined other Capuchin candidates in taking a deeper look at
their vocational journeys. Capuchin Urbano Vásquez of Washington
D.C. led off the reflections with his own vocational journey.
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December 3, 2006 (Novices
invested)
Todd Wieschowski was invested
with 13 others into the Capuchin Novitiate at St. Conrad Friary in
Allison Park, Pennsylvania.
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December 3, 2006 (Zoilo Garibay
professes first vows)
Zoilo (Zoy) Garibay professed
his first vows as a Capuchin at the St. Bonaventure Monastery
chapel in Detroit, Michigan. A reception followed in the Solanus
Center.
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