| Secular Franciscans elect new national leadership |
 ALBUQUERQUE, NM - During its October 21-25 National Gathering and Chapter of Elections, the National Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order announced the election of new national leadership.
Elected to serve until 2012 were:
National Minister: Tom Bello, SFO
National Vice Minister: Elaine Hedtke, SFO
National Secretary: Jan Parker, SFO
National Treasurer: Dennis Ross, SFO
NATIONAL MINISTER
TOM BELLO, SFO 
National Councilors:Mary Bittner, SFO Michelle Kim, SFO Arturo Villarreal, SFO Councilor to CIOFS:Anne Mulqueen, SFO
President-in-Turn of Council of
National Spiritual Assistants:
Br. Bob Brady, OFM |
| Bearers of the Gift of the Gospel: Final document of the General Chapter |
 ROME - The final document of the General Chapter 2009, Bearers of the Gift of the Gospel, is now available online on the Order's website.
To view the document, along with all of the legislation approved by the General Chapter, visit the link below:
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| Vocation Discernment Reteat: Nov. 13-15 |
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BOSTON, MA - The Vocation Office will be holding a Vocation Discernment Retreat Weekend November 13-15, and ask all parishes, ministries, to post the following announcement in their respective buleltins:
VOCATION DISCERNMENT WEEKEND, Nov. 13-15
The Franciscan Vocation Office of the Immaculate Conception Province is holding a Vocation Discernment Weekend Retreat for men between the ages of 18-38 who are discerning a possible Franciscan vocation. The weekend retreat will take place at St. Anthony Friary on the Hudson in Catskill, NY from Friday, November 13 - Sunday, November 15. Please contact Vocation Director Fr. Tom Washburn, OFM, ( vocations@icprovince.org or 800-521-5442) as soon as possible if you'd like to be part of this weekend retreat. | |
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COMMEMORATION
OF OUR BELOVED DEAD |
November 4: Mass for the Dead, Calvary Cemetery, 11:00 a.m.
November 4: Mass for the Dead, Mount Alvernia Friary, Wappingers Falls, NY, 11:00 a.m.
November 15: Mass for the Dead, St. Francis Friary, Andover, MA, 1:00 p.m.
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| Prayer for Vocations |
O Mary Immaculate, Patroness of the Americas
and Queen of the Order of Friars Minor,
we ask you to inspire humble and chosen souls
for a life in Christ and in the spirit of St. Francis.
With
Motherly care,
foster vocations to our Order and to our Province,
so that seraphic love, labor and sacrifice
will ever flourish in this land dedicated to your protection.
Amen.  | |
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