POSTULANTS VISIT US

St. John the Baptist Province Postulants visit us

 

From the afternoon of July 19^th into the morning of July 21^st, our friary was blessed with the presence of the new class of postulants from the Province of St. John the Baptist. Annually, the formation directors, Carl Langenderfer and Frank Geers, take a trip with the new postulant class through the Midwestern states of Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri and then down in the Southern states of Louisiana and Texas to familiarize these new candidates with the friars of their province and the various ministries they are engaged in.

 

Our Franciscan Prayer Fraternity is co-sponsored by the Province of St. John the Baptist, headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, along with the Province of the Sacred Heart, headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

 

We were thrilled to have the 8 men share our Prayer Fraternity joining in our common prayer, Eucharist, and fraternal life.  They also took time tovisit and meet some of the Trappists at the nearby Assumption Abbey.

 

In the picture above, we see the new class and their directors, standing on our front steps:

 

Front row: Daniel Bircher (Harrisburg, PA) and Eric Seguin (Ottawa, Canada)

 

2^nd row: Jonathan Beer (Hamilton, OH),   Pierce Gibson (Austin, TX),   and Adam Farkas (Richmond, MI)

 

3^rd row: Frank Geers, OFM (Associate Director),    Joseph DiAte (Nashville, TN) and   Carl Langenderfer, OFM (Postulancy Director)