Upcoming Events
June 6-8
Admissions Board to Postulancy
June 29:
Ordination to Priesthood of Bro. Zoy Garibay
St. Bonaventure Chapel
Detroit, Michigan
July 19:
Capuchin Jubilees of Profession
St. Lawrence Seminary Chapel
Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin
July 20:
Perpetual Profession as a Capuchin by Bro. David Hirt
St. Lawrence Seminary Chapel
Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin
Capuchin Ministries
Capuchins minister in hospitals, schools, soup kitchens and jails. They are Franciscan pastors, artists, missionaries, youth ministers and writers. From large cities like Chicago and Detroit to small towns like Appleton, WI and Lame Deer, MT, we are serving the needs of others.
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Capuchin Formation
We currently have 23 men at various levels of formation, as well as four guys living in resident candidacy. These men differ in age, culture, and have unique vocation stories.
Come meet the guys who’ve made the leap of faith to follow a Capuchin vocation.
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Recent Blog Posts
Bro. Zoy Garibay To Be Ordained a Priest June 29th
Bro. Zoy Garibay will be ordained a priest in Detroit on June 29th. Capuchin Bishop David Zywiec of Bluefields Nicaragua will ordain Zoy at the Solanus Center Chapel. Zoy has spent the past year serving as a transitional deacon at St. Clare of Montefalco Parish …
5 High School Graduates Become Capuchin Candidates
Five new high school graduates have entered the Capuchin Candidacy Program. Three have chosen to participate in the Capuchin College Program at St. Joseph College Seminary on the campus of Loyola University in Chicago. They are: Hahm Gahng, a St. Lawrence Seminary (SLS) graduate, originally …
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Caving In or Reaching Out?
The Masses of the last week featured readings from Acts 15, the chapter that recalls the contentious issue of requirements for membership in the early church. The central issue was whether it was necessary for gentile believers to first embrace the Law of Moses, particularly …
Small but Powerful Visit to Wisconsin Ministries
Three candidates joined Midwest Capuchin Vocation Director Bill Hugo this weekend on a blitz visiting Capuchin ministries in Milwaukee and Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin. The friars of St. Conrad Friary in Milwaukee, which houses the postulancy program, hosted us the first night (Friday). So, we began …
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Called and Sent
April 24, 2013 St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen Acts 12:24-13:5a; John 12:44-50 Jesus was sent by his Father to be light for the world. Barnabas and Saul were sent by the Holy Spirit and the church at Antioch to be missionaries. St. Fidelis, a seventeenth century …
