FORMATION UPDATE - OCTOBER 2002

 
 
 

ORIGINS OF CANDIDATES PROVIDE RICH DIVERSITY

 
In the three pre-novitiate programs of the United States Province, the two scholasticate communities, and the Inter-Regional novitiate in Godfrey, IL, there is once again a vast wealth of ethnic and cultural diversity, as can be seen in the statistics below.   The statistics include one scholastic studying in the International Scholasticate in Rome.
 

STATISTICS ACCORDING TO PLACE OF BIRTH

 
 
MEXICO 16
UNITED STATES 11
HAITI 5
ZAMBIA 3
CANADA 2
PHILIPPINES 1
FRENCH POLYNESIA 1
PUERTO RICO 1
VIETNAM (Canadian) 1
TOTAL 41
 
 

 Of the 11 born in the USA, five of them are children of parents born elsewhere.

 

 

DIACONATE PLANNED

Our scholastic in Rome, Brother Salvador "Chava" Gonzalez, OMI, informs us that the General Council has accepted his request to be ordained to the Order of Deacon.  He will receive the sacrament in Florence, Italy, on December 7, 2002 when an Italian scholastic will be ordained a priest.

 

 

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