(Br. Roberto, Fr. Thaddeus, Fr. Basil)
With great joy, the Franciscans here at Our Lady of the Angels Friary join our Trappist brothers in welcoming three new members to our Assumption Abbey. With a lack of vocations from here in the States, Assumption Abbey was facing a future that might mean it would have to close.
The monks became aware of a Cistercian monastery in Vietnam, Our Lady of Grace Monastery, that has been blessed with nearly 100 members. For some time that community has been interested in starting a foundation elsewhere in the world. Connections were made, conversations were held, plans were put in place, and in the past year, four new monks have arrived here. Fr. Peter Vu had come in advance last March. Fr. Thaddeus and Fr. Basil arrived in early February and Br. Roberto arrived a week ago.
The picture above was taken in the bakery where the new members have already joined in helping with the making of the well-known Abbey Fruitcakes.
Please join us in prayer for this new endeavor; it bring much hope to the future of the Abbey and for the Franciscans and the hermits at Nazareth Hermitage that share this piece of property here in the Ozarks.
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