The friars held their General Chapter Tuesday, June 18, 2019. A “General Chapter” is conducted every three years and one of the primary points of business is to elect friars to fill various positions in service of the community. In the presence of Bishop Robert Baker and Fr. Vincent Bresowar, the following were elected to serve the community for the next three years:
Community Servant (superior): Fr. Mark
Community Vicar: Fr. Anthony
1st Councilor: Fr. Dominic
2nd Councilor: Fr. Leonard
3rd Councilor: Fr. Paschal
4th Councilor: Br. Leo
We are very grateful for all of the love, support and prayers that so many of you show for the friars.
Congratulations to all elected Friars. Nice to see Fr. Anthony looking good. I hope he will soon say TV mass so I can once again hear his homily. God bless.
May the Seraph Saints of Love Divine, Francis and Clare of Assisi, be with you all ways in your dayly walk with the Lord and His Church and His peoples, in faith, hope, and love to wards all. From an avid fan of EWTN here in The Philippines.
Looking forward to the future with the friars…and
looking forward to hearing and seeing Fr Anthony soon..
Fr.Mark as Community Servant , please!
Congratulations to all elected! Will we ever see Fr. Anthony again? I will never be able to drive to the monastery and I miss Him very much. Even the picture above looks like a few years ago….Fr. John Paul is much thinner now. Please Fr. Anthony, will you consider appearing on an episode of Life on the Rock? We never even heard a goodbye and the response we receive in contacting EWTN is that you are dealing with medical issues. You are in my prayers. I too, have a debilitating illness and know how it affects every aspect of your life. May God truly bless all of you!
In the above group photo who is the 7th person? I miss hearing Fr. Anthony. God bless all of you.
Yes congratulations to all but we really miss father anthony and his smile but we still love you all
Thank you for the post regarding changes in assignments. Will miss some of my favorites but God will be done. God bless.
Fr. Mark,
Congratulations on your re-election as Community Servent (Superior)!
May the Hoy Spirit animate and guide you in your servant leadership each day.
I’mso happy to see FR Anthony, Hope to see him soon, we miss you Father Anthony, God Bless you
Father Mark blessings on you re-election. Thank you for having the time to say mass. I find strength in your homilies. God Bless all the friars. Father Anthony I want to say thank you. I was going through a very difficult life event. Your homilies gave me the courage to carry my cross. I hope you are well.
Congratulations to the elected Friars. Be assured of my prayers to all the Community.
I’ve been thinking of Fr. Anthony! He became the Community Servant after, was it Fr. Shaunessy, and followed by Fr. Mark. That was the time my husband and I started watching EWTN programmings! I know Fr. Anthony’s dealing with medical issues, and I pray for him too, and am looking forward to see him once again presiding over at the Daily Mass, and hearing his inspirational homilies! Congratulations, Fr. Anthony, on your Silver Jubilee! And congratulations, too, Fr. Mark, and all the friars, in this Community! May God bless you more!
Praised be Jesus Christ! Thank you Friars for all your prayers and devotion, my husband and I pray for your ministry too. My husband is Baptist by faith and happened to join me once listening to Mother Angelica live, that was all it took, he is hooked now. He also enjoyed Fr. Anthony’s sermons, he related so well to him. I pray all is well.
God bless you all.
Thank you very much for your ministry. My wife and I are lifetime Catholics, ages 76 and 75. Because of this pandemic we are watching the Mass every day. We cannot thank you enough for broadcasting it. It has enriched our lives and commitment to each other. God Bless you all.
The Franciscans are lucky to have Fr. Mark Mary love this guys sermons and EWTU since the pedemic watch every Sunday. Father we continue to pray for your priest hood and keep up the good work.
Thank you to all the friars having Mass every day. We started watching back in March and got hooked and now see it every day. Special thanks to Fr. Leonard for visiting with us last month.
I have been trying to find out what happened to Father Anthony,he is my favorite and he was my late Moms very favorite speaker,he REALLY could liven up a homily,not like Fr.Mark who is so droll,I sometimes fall asleep,please give us an update on him if something is wrong so we can keep him in our prayers
Congratulations to Fr. Mark and other friars. We watch EWTN since the beginning of the pandemic and love your sermons. God bless!