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St. Province 12300 Folly Quarter Road Ellicott City, Maryland 21042 410 -531-1400 (Provincial House) 410-531-4881 (Fax) www.stanthonyprovince.org

Provincial Unity Prayer:

Most High and Good Lord, we praise and thank You for our many blessings. You have chosen and called us to live and labor among Your people as followers of . FR . KOLODZIEJ, OFM CONV., FR. NICHOLAS WOLFLA, OFM CONV., As part of this call, FR . JOHN KOZIOL, OFM CONV., FR. JOSE GUADALUPE MATUS, OFM CONV., You now lead us to FR. JUDE MICHAEL KRILL, OFM CONV., blend our two FR. ABALARDO HUANCA MARTINEZ, OFM CONV., Province histories R OHN OYTEK OFM CONV. R OSHUA ERGUSON OFM CONV. F . J V , & F . J F , The from St. Philip Benizi Friary and St. John Vianney Friary in the into one new Franciscan Province. Archdiocese of Atlanta made their bi-annual Day of Recollection at the Trappist Monastery in Conyers, Georgia, on June 2, 2012. They were joined Bless our efforts with by Joshua Ferguson, a candidate from St. Philip Benizi Parish. After the gifts of openness, day of recollection they enjoyed a dinner to celebrate Abalardo’s birthday.” generosity, growth in

personal holiness,

and provide us with Turn on your monitor screens to high resolution! You’re gonna need new energy in the sunglasses for this! Bold, Energetic, Colorful and Fun. The re-launch work You gave our of the FrancisCorps site takes web design to a whole new level thanks Father Francis as to three young adults: Vee, Devon and Tison of Breakthrough Design builders of Your Group in Syracuse, NY. This young company located in Syracuse Church. University’s South Side Innovation Center has helped us create a site that works for young adults, makes it easy to apply to FrancisCorps Amen and invites donors to support our cause. Tison Kelley, the Principal Immaculate Mary, Owner at BDG said it well: “The goal of this project is to establish an Pray for Us informative, attractive, and fun web presence.” Check out this site for St. Anthony of Padua, young adults, by young adults. Spread the word: www.franciscorps.org Pray for Us

CONGRATULATIONS! Fr. Michael Martin, OFM Conv. has recently been elected as a Member- at-Large of the Council of Priests of the Diocese of Raleigh.

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FORMATION

POSTULANTS

NOVICES In the Shrine of St. Anthony Chapel, in Ellicott City-MD, on Wednesday, July 4th, fR. NICHOLAS DRAGONE renewed his vows (pictured below with Mr. Colton Rodgers, Provincial Fr. James McCurry, OFM Conv., Postulancy Co- Director Br. Daniel Geary, OFM Conv. & Post Novitiate Co- Director Fr. Michael Lorentsen, OFM Conv.) MR. COLTON RODGERS & MR. PATRICK ROTH will continue onto the Novitiate (pictured left). MR. EMMANUEL WENKE, MR. PAUL CYGAN, MR. JIM HOFFMAN, MR. CHRIS JUCHACZ, & MR. JOSHUA FERGUSON were welcomed as Postulants into St. Cupertino Postulancy (pictured above).

RENEWAL OF VOWS

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T NTHONY OF ADUA RIARY LLICOTT ITY ARYLAND S . A P F , E C , M WELCOMES THE READY, THE ALLIANCE AND THE PATH PROGRAMS

RESTORING THE ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPING YOUTH (READY), is a program funded by MARYLAND’S HOWARD COUNTY and administered by THE ALLIANCE FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY (the Alliance), with support from PEOPLE ACTING TOGETHER IN HOWARD (PATH), designed to meet the environmental and employment goals. PATH has worked with Howard County government to fund employment of young adults, aged 16-25.

Building rain gardens throughout the county will help alleviate the flow of toxic storm water runoff polluting streams, rivers, and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay, in addition to significantly eroding our land, while creating green jobs and improving watershed health through the reduction of storm water runoff.

The project focuses on training in the design and installation of green storm water techniques such as rain gardens and rain barrels. It also reduces the amount of storm water runoff in Howard County by installing these storm water practices on institutional properties within the County, resulting in the capture of runoff from approximately 240,000 square feet (120,000 in phase 2) from rooftops and other impervious surfaces.

The final goal is to link these young adults to local environmental opportunities.

St. Anthony of Padua Friary, Ellicott City, Maryland, was chosen as one of the sites for some of their work. Earlier this summer, the instructor and team leader visited our site and measured out three different areas in the front of our building and parking area that would be conducive to creative a rain garden. We are part of their fourth week of work. If funding continues to be available they are interested in creating a rain garden in the back (west) portion of our friary, as well.

Visit www.path-iaf.org/forms/READY_summer_jobs.pdf to see the informational brochure.

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RAIN GARDEN PLANTS: Japanese Sedge White Turtlehead Pink Turtlehead Green-and-Gold Tickseed Coneflower Blaze Star St. John’s Wort Crested Iris Blue Flag Iris Soft Rush Gayfeather Cardinal Flower ~and~ Black Eyed Susan (Maryland’s State Flower)

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WINDOW ON HEAVEN The friars from our Novitiate shared June 8th Mass and Breakfast with the Provincialate friars. Matthew Bond presented our province with an icon he prayed, of Blessed Agnellus of , our Delegation patron. The beautiful icon portrays Bl. Agnellus holding .

SIMPLE PROFESSION OF VOWS friar Matthew Bond friar Benedict Abugu friar Moises Avila friar Emanuel Vasconcelos friar Andrew Burkholder friar Thomas Fetz friar Arturo Felix Liturgy of the Eucharist (11:00 a.m.) St. Francis Convent Chapel Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration 1515 West Dragoon Trail Mishawaka, Indiana 46544 Friday 20th July, 2012

RITE OF INVESTITURE Brothers of the New Novitiate Class (2012-2013) Evening Prayer (5:00 a.m.) St. Francis of Assisi Novitiate 1316 West Dragoon Trail Mishawaka, Indiana 46544 Thursday 19th July, 2012

A MESSAGE FROM FR. TIMOTHY DORE, OFM CONV.: Greetings from Brooklyn,

Given the publicity in Baltimore lately about the John Merzbacher case, I would like to share the following article from the online edition of Baltimore’s Catholic Review? www.catholicreview.org/article/home/merzbachers-victims-to-hold-vigil-at-old-school-june-6

It's always better to share positive news … but sometimes it's good to know about the not so pleasant things as well.

The article clearly puts into perspective my own connection to the case. This is something that I would like to share with (you).

Thanks! Peace, Timothy

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