Fr. John offers workshops and retreats on Franciscan topics, mission formation for Franciscan Health Systems and retreats for Religious Men and Women and clergy in the English-speaking world. He has preached parish missions & parish retreats throughout the United States.
Ordained a priest friar in 1981, he holds a BA in Counseling Psych (1975), an MA in Liturgical Theology (1980), an MA in Franciscan Studies from St. Bonaventure Univ. (1986), and an STL from Rome's Pontifical Antonianum University in Spirituality. After teaching in the Religious Studies department at Borromeo Seminary of the Diocese of Cleveland for eight years, he was asked to take on various posts of education and administration for his Province of Capuchins. John served as Vice Rector and Prefect of Studies at the Collegio San Lorenzo, the International House for Capuchin Franciscan friars from over 30 countries who are studying at Rome's Universities (2004-2010); he also served as Liturgical Director there. A regular contributor to both Weekday and Sunday Homily Helps for Franciscan Media (formerly St. Anthony Messenger Press) for over 30 years, John is now in his eleventh year as a full-time Minister of the Word and serves as Provincial Archivist and administrator for the Province's website capuchin.com.
An avid musician who plays keyboards and has animated Liturgies for both National and International Franciscan gatherings, he is a staff member of the Franciscan Pilgrimages Program, offering Franciscan communities, Franciscan health care systems and educational institutions an experience of the places from which the charism of Sts. Francis and Clare of Assisi emerged and thrived.
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