SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The old and the current came together this month when the board of the Academy of American Franciscan History gathered to celebrate the release of a book by an HNP friar about the history of the Franciscan presence in Puerto Rico. “Memoria y Profecia: La Familia Franciscana en Puerto Rico,” by Alfonso Guzman, OFM, was recently …
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The Provincial Administration has received from the Curia of the Order of Friars Minor formal ratification of the elections held last month at the Provincial Chapter as well as at the Provincial Office. The first document ratifies the election on June 4 and 5 of the Provincial Minister, Kevin Mullen, OFM, and Lawrence Hayes, OFM, as Provincial Vicar, along with the six friars elected as …
Kevin Mullen Elected Provincial Minister
LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. — The friars of Holy Name Province have a new administration. Last week, at the triennial chapter, they elected Kevin Mullen, OFM, as their 16th Provincial Minister, and Lawrence Hayes, OFM, as Provincial Vicar, as well as new Council made up of three ordained and three non-ordained friars. Kevin, elected June 4, has served since 2007 as president of Siena …