He enjoyed attending the World Youth Day in Poland, and has served in food distribution to the poor, parish catechesis, marriage preparation, and as a cook. Friar Joseph is very active, and strives to put joy into every ministry. Friar Bruce has served the friars as a prison and hospital chaplain, as a parish priest, as a math and religion high school teacher, and as a retreat director. An ethnic Polynesian, Fr Francisco travels frequently to his family’s home on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the South Pacific. Friar James has found his over ten years as Novice Master to be his most fulfilling and rewarding ministry, especially in that it combined his love for teaching and contributed to the further development and growth of the Order. Friar Stephen was born in Buôn Ma Thuột in Dak Lak Province, joined the friars after working in manufacturing and a Café, then continued his pre-Theology studies in Food Production, Confections and Baking while living in the Residency program with the Friars. Ordo Fratrum Minorum . Prior to entering the friars, he worked on the Parish staff at his Church. Some of his assignments include St. Hedwig, Detroit; Bishop Montgomery, Torrance; Central Catholic, Modesto; and St. Bernard, Playa Del Rey. Last weekend, a letter from the Franciscan Provincial, Fr Michael Zelkie OFM Conv, was read after every Mass in every parish run by the Conventual Franciscans in Australia: it did not escape the notice of many Catholics that last Sunday was the feast-day of the order’s founder, St Francis of Assisi – a particularly painful day for faithful Franciscans to receive such an announcement. Victoria: Box Hill: Franciscan Friars, Province of the Holy Spirit, Vocations Office, PO Box 79, Box Hill, VIC 3128 AUSTRALIA. He met one of our friars while attending a retreat at the seminary, and was inspired to enter the friars. He met the friars during his junior year at Saint Mary’s College of CA and entered the Friars after he graduated with a BA in Theology and Religious Studies, and while volunteering with his home parish, St Edward the Confessor, in youth ministry. Friar Chris Garcia was born and raised in Dana Point, CA. Friar Joseph was born in Xuan Duong in Nam Dinh Province, entered the friars at age 19, and is studying Theology at the Franciscan Institute of Saigon. Friar Michael joined the friars after college and has served at our friary in Arroyo Grande, at the Mission of San Antonio de Pala, and at our Holy Family Friary in Castro Valley, CA. Friar Joseph has realized that his vocation is to serve God and His Church. The Province of Saint Joseph of Eastern Canada always has four or five brothers in the Holy Land. As a friar, he completed his BA in History at California State University in Hayward CA, and his Theological studies at the Seraphicum in Rome. Friar Vincent has ministerd in distribuiting food to the sick, parish catechesis, music, evangelization and outreach. Friar Viktor also spent over two years in Rome serving as an extraordinary confessor at the Sacred Penitentiary at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, hearing the confessions of pilgrims visiting Rome. He has also enjoyed ministering to the poor and outcast in his many ministries including at St. Paul of the Shipwreck in San Francisco, California, where he managed the Sister Thea Bowman Food Pantry, and currently where he works with migrant workers, and with assists Friar Andres Amador at the Coalinga State Hospital. Friar Luke studied Theology at St. Patrick Seminary, after his novitiate year. After entering the friars, he completed a BA in Chicano Studies, and went on for his theological studies at the Washington Theological Union. Friar Joseph wishes to serve the order in farming and serving the lepers in Văn Môn. He enjoys travel, Mexican culture, people, and is an avid Raider fan. Friar Dominic serves the patients at Thủ Đức Hospital, and enjoys music, voice, composition, music theory, keyboard, guitar, and choral conducting, in addition to digital graphic design and gardening. He was first inspired by the Franciscans he met while doing volunteer work at San Francis Center in Los Angeles. He has a great love for learning languages, history, and literature. Home. T: 02 4276 3562 . Today, Franciscan missionaries labor all over the globe - in Japan, China, the Pacific Islands, Africa, South and Central America, in what was the USSR, and even in our own southwestern United States - any place where people may be brought to the knowledge and love of Jesus. In the interior, artist Theodore Velin, originally from Bulgaria, has painted a beautiful fresco on the chapel’s impressive domed ceiling and also created four religious mosaics for the chapel. He hopes to continue his studies to become a professor of theology or liturgy. We will try to respond to your enquiry as soon as possible. He enjoys working on computers, graphic design, reading in English, playing soccer and ping pong, and hopes to continue to serve the poor and lepers. Friaries Mt. After completing novitiate, he was sent to the Dominican School of Theology in Berkeley where he completed his M.Div., and then Gallaudet University where he received an MA in Education, focusing on Ministry with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Fr. Friar George was born in San Rafael, CA and converted to Catholicism. Friar Vincent hopes to found Catholic Schools and be an Evangelizer. Friar Stephen has served in various ministries throughout his life, including teaching, formation, parochial ministry, as well as mission work to Native Americans, and has served as a bi-ritual priest to the Ruthenian Eparchy of Phoenix. Friar Joseph was born in Viet Tri in Phu Tho Province (North), had completed training as an auto mechanic, had worked Road Crew manual labor, and was an Aspirant with the Dominicans before entering the Friars. It has taken two years to see the dream become a reality after more than $500,000 was raised by the residents of the parish of Our Lady of the Rosary and the wider community, including major sponsor Kenthurst businessman Walter Bachmann of BAC Systems. Friar Bruce was a high school teacher in Compton CA, and had completed his BA from UCLA and Masters in Educational Administration when entered the friars. USA OFM Provinces. He entered the novitiate at Lake Forest, IL after graduating from High School. Fr. LOCATION: Kellyville, NSW CLIENT: Conventual Franciscans, Australia STATUS: Unbuilt At the request of the Conventual Franciscans designs for a devotional garden with Marian Shrine and chapel were prepared. One day while serving Mass, Fr. Friar Dominic has completed his Theology studies with the Friars at Franciscan Institute of Saigon, and has served at our lepersarium in Văn Môn. Friar Tuan Maximilian Nguyen was born in Vang Tau, Vietnam and entered the Friars after coming to the United States. Friar Jerry is currently serving at the Franciscan Shrine of the Holy Innocents, Kellyville Australia. Fr. Friar Victor then taught and served as Chemistry Department Chair, and then Dean of the College of Science at California State Polytechnic University Pomona, CA. 751 likes. New South Wales 2155. Fr. He became our first Provincial, and lead us through our first ten years as a Province. Much of his service has been in formation, but he served twice as Custos of the Central American Custody. Friar Paul was born in Nha Trang in Khang Hoa Province (South Vietnam), and was working as a waiter in Saigon and private English teacher, and had completed his BA in English before entering the friars. Each mosaic took three months to complete. In his free time, he enjoys deepening his knowledge of the Ecclesiastical History of the Slavic peoples, as well as Church history more generally. Your prayer requests will be placed on the altar for remembrance at Mass. He moved to Lakewood, CA. He now has taken up residence at St. Paul’s Parish, Pismo Beach, CA. Fr. Friar Casimir is currently in the process of Canonization. Friar John was born in Cẩm Xuyên rural district in Hà Tĩnh Province (Central Lowlands), and came to the friars when he was 18. The Franciscans consider the shrine a place of holy beauty and are continuing to landscape the surrounding grounds. Peter has received his BA in Philosophy at the Franciscan Institute of Saigon. Ordained to the presbyterate in Hermosa Beach, he served as pastor of St. Thomas Church in Riverside for 9 years before being assigned to the Collegium Paenitentaria Apostolica at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City – a ministry of the Franciscans. Friar Allen completed a BA in Humanities, at Loyola Chicago, and his studies for the priesthood at the University of Toronto, St. Michael’s College. In 2013, he came to the United States to assist the friars of our Province in ministry to the Hispanic Community, at our Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, at Hermosa Beach, CA. You and members of your family, both living and deceased, can be permanently associated with the Franciscan friars by perpetual enrollments in both the Franciscan Missionary Union and in the Franciscan Benefactors’ Association. Friar Paul has served in parish catechesis, has taught disabled children, and enjoys volleyball, soccer, and reading in Vietnamese and English. Friar Joseph Martin began to discern his vocation during college where he met a Franciscan Friar who inspired him to join the friars. Weekday Mass (Monday to Friday) 6.45am with Reconciliation available after Mass. Friar John has worked as an Acupuncturist in Saint Anthony Clinic, and has served in Parish Ministry and Catechesis. Friar Chris joined the friars while working professionally as an actor, and being inspired by Friars in his home parish St. Paul in San Pablo. Friar Joseph hopes to serve abroad and work with leprosy patients. Thu Oct 29, 2020 - … He hopes to serve the order as a Spiritual Director and Seminary Professor. Fr. He likewise served for a period as a parochial vicar. Paul enjoys to continue his study of Theology, is well read, and a Spiritual Director. Masseo Joseph Gonzalez was born in San Pablo, CA, and entered the friars after being inspired by the witness of the Friars at St. Paul Church in San Pablo, where he was a parishioner. Friar Joseph is currently studying Theology at the Centrum Dominicanum Studiorum in Saigon, and hopes to become ordained and develop and supervise vocational training for poor children, and work at the lepersarium. As a friar, he has served in American Martyrs’ Parish in Manhattan Beach, CA and at the Cathedral of St. Thomas Aquinas in Reno, NV. Friar Joseph has served in Parish Ministry, and hopes to continue to work with the poor, and follow the Franciscan Life which he loves. He taught at Bishop Montgomery High School, in Torrance, CA for ten years. After Novitiate friar Andres studied CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) at St. Mary’s Hospital in San Francisco, to prepare himself for his current ministry. He hopes to serve the order as a missionary. Eucharistic Holy Hour every first Saturday evening from 5.00 to 6.00 pm. After ordination, he served in parish ministry and taught high school, but in his heart and mind, he felt called to minister to those among whom he grew up with. Friar Joseph has served orphaned and disabled children, parish catechesis, and as a cook. He has ministered as a teacher, at middle school thru college, in parish youth ministry, and in high school and University campus ministry.