The novices at the Franciscan Interprovincial Novitiate of the United States OFM provinces are roughly halfway through their yearlong stay in Burlington, Wis. In the reflection below, Holy Name Province’s student friar writes about the novitiate’s activities these past few months. An update about the Province’s postulants appeared in the Feb. 19 issue of this newsletter. BURLINGTON, Wis. — “L’habit ne …
Formation Update: Five Postulants Visit New Jersey, New York Ministries
The update below, from the Province’s director of postulancy, is part of an occasional series of stories on the formation process. SILVER SPRING, Md. — Postulancy is a unique year in Franciscan formation, as educational as any other year, but not as academic or primarily spiritual; this approach is experiential. The Ratio calls for a great variety of experiences for the postulant …
Formation Update: Interfaith Dialogue Highlights Annual Gathering
MARRIOTTSVILLE, Md. — Seventeen friars in initial formation, along with six solemnly-professed friars, hunkered down during the recent polar vortex to take part in the annual formation intersession, held from Jan. 4 to 8 at the Bon Secours Spiritual Center. As in years past, the gathering was marked by a great building up of fraternity among the men in initial …
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