"WORCESTER – From childhood, she felt called to work with the elderly, and felt at home at a facility run by religious sisters.

As a young adult she was attracted by the sisters themselves, and wondered what was going on inside of her. She’d left the Church and felt guilty about her lifestyle.

Encounters with God and the sisters brought her around – full circle, in a way.
Sister Jane Oliver, a 68-year-old Little Franciscan of Mary, tells this story of her journey."

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"Lindsey Martin, 24; Nicolette Langlois, 28; Kristen Leaderstorf, 28; Alycia Murtha, 27; and Catherine Chance, 25, awake each morning by 5:30 a.m. and pray together for 45 minutes in the retreat house chapel. They eat breakfast and attend Mass together. They also pray together three more times throughout the day and eat dinner as a group. They call themselves Marian Franciscans and keep wooden Tao crosses draped around their necks and simple chains on their wrists, symbols of their devotion to St. Francis of Assisi and Mary, mother of Jesus."

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"There is good news. The Capuchin Province of Saint Augustine has vocations!  Each year a new class of generous young men appears at Borromeo Seminary and Padre Pio Friary to begin formation for Capuchin life.  These young men represent hope for the Church.  They will be ambassadors of Christ to the people of the 21stcentury."

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"The Franciscan Girls Club introduces young women to the Franciscan order, with opportunities to learn more about their faith and to care for others."

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"In recognition of the 50th anniversary of Second Vatican Council, Pope Francis has declared 2015 a Year of Consecrated Life. Pope Francis has asked the Church's brothers, sisters, and priests to "wake up the world" by sharing their faith, hope, and holiness through their testimony about their experiences living a consecrated life.

"Consecrated religious" is a term used to refer to brothers, sisters, and priests of the Catholic Church who feel called to follow Jesus Christ in a more exacting way and thus take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, thereafter living a consecrated life.

Our Capuchin Franciscan Friars of the Province of St. Mary have all professed these vows and are living a consecrated life. But their decision to do so is considerably more involved than simply taking a set of vows. Men interested in joining the Province of St. Mary, or any Capuchin Franciscan Province, undergo a process called formation."

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• Provincial Website – http://www.olacapuchins.org/
• Vocations Website – http://beafriar.com/
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Ministries

• St. Lawrence Brindisi School, Watts, CA: www.stlawrencebrindisi.com
• National Shrine of St. Francis, San Francisco, CA:www.shrinesf.org
• Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Berkeley, CAwww.dspt.edu
• Northern Mexico Mission: www.capuchinosnormex.com
• Our Lady of Angels Parish, Burlingame, CA: www.olaparish.org
• Our Lady of Angels School, Burlingame, CA:www.olaschoolk8.org
• Mission Santa Ines, Solvang, CA: www.missionsantaines.org
• St. Francis High School, La Cañada-Flintridge, CA: www.sfhs.net
• San Lorenzo Foundation

• Provincial Website – http://www.capuchins.org/
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• Vocations Information – http://www.capuchins.org/vocations.html

"An alumna from the University of Dallas recently discussed her journey toward a religious vocation in an article reprinted in North County Catholic. In the article, Rachel Daly shared the positive impact that the Catholic university made in her decision to pursue religious life.Daly, who graduated from the University of Dallas in 2014 and worked as a journalist for The Cardinal Newman Society over the summer, joined the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal (CFR) in New York City as a candidate last fall.

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