The information below is adapted from a news release distributed by St. Bonaventure University. ALLEGANY N.Y. — St. Bonaventure University and Hilbert College announced on March 20 the conclusion of their integration efforts and agreed to continue to collaborate on key strategic initiatives in keeping with their 20-year partnership. While the schools are no longer investigating direct integration, they continue …
St. Bonaventure University to Offer Residential Discernment Community
ALLEGANY, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure University is offering men a new way to explore a vocation with the creation of an on-campus residential discernment community. This program will allow St. Bonaventure students thinking about a religious vocation to live with others who are discerning God’s call. In addition to being in the same dormitory, the men will share common prayer and …
Allegany Sisters Mark Milestones
ALLEGANY, N.Y. — It’s been a summer of celebrations for the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany. One of the biggest was the 25th anniversary of the founding of the community’s Associate Program. From July 30 to Aug. 5, five sisters from three countries commemorated the anniversary with associates — laypeople who minister with the sisters, supporting their work — from Brazil, …
Fourteen Received as Novices at Aug. 15 Ceremony in Wisconsin
On Aug. 15 — the feast of the Assumption — 14 men, four from Holy Name Province, were received into the Franciscan Interprovincial Novitiate. One provided information and a reflection on this milestone and about the previous six weeks of study and fraternity. BURLINGTON, Wis. — This June and July, my brothers and I spent six weeks living with postulants …