During the past month, several Franciscans have passed to eternal life.
Fathers Conran Schneider, OFM, 87, and Sylvester Micek, OFM, 87, both of Sacred Heart Province in the Midwest, died on April 23.
Fr. Michael Brainer, OFM, 79, of Assumption BVM Province died April 7 in Wisconsin.
Fr. Nicolo Cerasa, OFM, 91, formerly a missionary in China, provincial minister of the Roman OFM Province and General Vicar of the Order, died on April 1.
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