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We'll take this in chronological order!

The Ordination to Priesthood of our brothers David Domanski and Andrew Corriente on Saturday, June 11th.

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Ordination 3  Ordination 4b  Ordination 4a

Ordination 6b  Ordination 6  Ordination 5  Ordination 1

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PR Tardi 0Earlier, on that same Saturday, was the Perpetual Profession of Vows for our brother, Ricardo Tardí Hernández, of the Custody of Puerto Rico. As noted on their website, there was quite a crowd for the event, and the Mass of Profession was celebrated by Custos Ramón ("Monchy") Negrón Cruz; former friar Auxiliary Bishop Alberto Figueroa Morales of San Juan was there to celebrate with all the gathered friars and friends. Many will remember the great work on the violin that the then novice brother Ricardo performed during our Assembly of 2018 in Loretto, PA.

PR Tardi 1a  PR Tardi 1b  PR Tardi 1

PR Tardi 2a  PR Tardi 2c

PR Tardi 5a  PR Tardi 5b  PR Tardi 5d

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Our brother Andrew Corriente's first Mass as celebrant at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Parish in Indiana, PA, took place on the following day, Sunday, June 12th . . .

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Ordination AndrewFirst3  Ordination AndrewFirst1

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...and it looks like they were thanking Tage Danielson as he prepares to move on to our life in PNG.

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. . . Fortunately, someone was on hand to mark our brother David's first Mass as celebrant the same day at his home parish of St. Basil the Great in Brecksville, OH. 'Looks like quite a picnic!!

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Domanski FirstMass 0  Domanski FirstMass 53b 

Domanski FirstMass 3  Domanski FirstMass 6

  Domanski FirstMass 5b  Domanski FirstMass 4  Domanski FirstMass 5

During Dave's celebration, the family also celebrated the first communion of Dave's nephew, Ben. Ben's cousins and friends made for a great photo op as well!

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On July 3rd, the common novitiate for the friars of Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico began in Ocotepeque, Honduras, as the brothers of eight Custodies began "to walk together seeking to live collaboration in the stages of formation," as our International newsletter put it.

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The inaugural celebration of this novitiate was carried out through very simple rites, but loaded with charismatic symbolism. Vicar General José Ángel Torres said that "we want to start this path together to unite the criteria of the Ratio Formationis, encouraging us to collaborate in future projects. A total of twelve brothers begin that path, and we're especially grateful that our brother Juan Antonio Ortíz (above, front row, left) is a part of it as he represents the Custody of Puerto Rico.

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Within a week of that historic event, the friars of our San Lorenzo novitiate fraternity bid Farewell & Godspeed to Novices as they departed to celebrate their first professions in their Provinces . . .

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On Tuesday, July 12, we welcomed our new Postulants to the fraternity of Padre Pio in Philadelphia, PA.  In the photo are the men who will discern the Lord's direction in the their lives with the help of our prayers and the direction of their formators, Alex Hostoffer and Kevin Thompson. Provincial Minister Bob Marva was on hand for the initiation.

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Nick Stevens, Jack Gianetti, Charlie Casino, Tim Casey and Ben Duphiney

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POSTULANTS Initiation5  POSTULANTS Initiation0  POSTULANTS Initiation4

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At the end of that week, our celebration of the Profession of First Vows was celebrated on Saturday, July 16th,  giving our brothers, families and friends the opportunity to gather again, this time for brother Federico Viquez and Pablo Lopez.

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VOWS Temp 3  VOWS Temp 3a VOWS Temp 3b

VOWS Temp 4  VOWS Temp 5a

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That same weekend, on Sunday evening, July 17th, the postulants of 2021-2022 became the novices of 2022-2023. Pablo Lopez shared the link for the pics from Google Photos.

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Clockwise from top left: Joseph Liu, Kevin Campos,
Sam Roberts, Tim Rubeling and Phil Paulson

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Last, but hardly least, we gathered on Saturday, August 20, for the Perpetual Profession of Vows for our brothers Mike Herlihey, Luke Kim and Joe Morton. Br. Matt Hindelang has those photos gathered in this album.

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VOWS Solemn 2  VOWS Solemn 1

VOWS Solemn W1  VOWS Solemn W2  VOWS Solemn W3  VOWS Solemn W4

VOWS Solemn 2Kim  VOWS Solemn 3Morton
It seems almost impossible, but a shot of the Herlihey clan missed the album . . .