St. Francis wrote: “It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.”
At the start of a new year, the friars of Holy Name Province recognize the 2012 jubilarians, who have walked and preached around the world for 25 years or more, and remember the friars who passed away in 2011.
Jubilarians
The Province recognizes the 33 friars celebrating anniversaries in 2012.
These jubilarians have served in parishes, on campuses, overseas and along the East Coast. They are:
| 25 Years as a Friar Frank Sevola, OFM Basil Valente, OFM Dennis Wilson, OFM |
50 Years as Friars Donald Chin, OFM Joseph Ehrhardt, OFM* Bonaventure Hayes, OFM John McVean, OFM Charles Miller, OFM Edwin Robinson, OFM John Schulmeister, OFM Sebastian Tobin, OFM Michael Tyson, OFM |
60 Years as Friars Juniper Capece, OFM Edward Donohue, OFM Charles Finnegan, OFM Charles Gilmartin, OFM Juvenal Leahy, OFM* Joseph Nangle, OFM |
70 Years as Friars Leo Clifford, OFM Aloysius Siracuse, OFM75 Years as a Friar Martin Hanhauser, OFM |
| 25 Years Ordained Richard Trezza, OFM |
50 Years Ordained Raphael Bonanno, OFM Mathias Doyle, OFM Thomas Kelly, OFM Daniel Lanahan, OFM Andrew Giardino, OFM Stanislaus Widomski, OFM Bartholomew McMahon, OFM Luis Sainz, OFM* |
60 Years Ordained Eric Kyle, OFM Myron McCormick, OFM |
70 Years Ordained Martin Hanhauser |
| *alumnus of Holy Name Province | |||
The Province will celebrate silver and golden jubilees of profession at a June gathering in New York.
In Memoriam
Last year, 17 members of Holy Name Province — ranging in age from 48 to 98 — were called to their eternal home.
· Robert Nee, OFM, died Jan. 19 in Pompton Plains, N.J.
· Gerald McCaffrey, OFM, died Jan. 31 in Butler, N.J.
· John Mahon, OFM, died March 6 in Butler, N.J.
· Brian Linehan, OFM, died April 19 in Ringwood, N.J.
· Joseph Trunk, OFM, died April 24 in Ringwood, N.J.
· Thomas McGowan, OFM, died May 21 in Boston, Mass.
· Henry Madden, OFM, died May 25 in Ringwood, N.J.
· Adrian Riester, OFM, and Julian Riester, OFM, died June 1 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
· Edward Metzger, OFM, died July 25 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
· Francis Gunn, OFM, died Aug. 24 in Northville, N.Y.
· Miguel Loredo, OFM, died Sept. 10 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
· Lambert Valentine, OFM, died Oct. 29 in Ringwood, N.J.
· Kenan Morris, OFM, died Nov. 30 in Ringwood, N.J.
· Harry Monaco, OFM, died Dec. 5 in Sliver Spring, Md.
· James Jones, OFM, died Dec. 14 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
· Joseph Kiernan, OFM, died Dec. 19 in Ringwood, N.J.
Holy Name Province wishes HNP Today readers a peaceful and blessed New Year.