GENERAL VISITOR HERE

 

(Fr. Francisco  &  Fr. Francis)

 

GENERAL VISITATOR HERE

 

Pictured above is Fr. Francisco O'Conaire, OFM along with Fr. Francis Wendling, OFM.   

 

Fr. Francisco is the General Visitator for the Province of St. John the Baptist, headquartered in Cincinnati, OH,  one of the sponsoring provinces for our Prayer Fraternity here.   He was here March 12-15  conducting his visitation of the friars and ministries of the province in preparation for their May 2014 Provincial Chapter. 

 

In preparation for these provincial chapters, where the 'office of provincial' is up for election, (every 6 years usually), our Franciscan General Curia in Rome appoints a friar from another province to serve as an 'official visitator' charged with conducting a review of the province in preparation for the upcoming chapter.   Fr. Francisco is from Ireland,  but had been serving as a missionary in the Central American province, and more recently working in several different offices in Rome.      We are grateful for his visit and report given to us and ask you to pray with us for him and his service to the Cincinnati province of St. John the Baptist.