This Sunday is designated as the world day of prayer for vocations. I ask you to join with me in prayer for a renewed openness among our young men and women to God's call. I am writing this from our Franciscan novitiate in Burlington, Wisconsin, where we are holding our provincial council meeting. This week I am praying and eating with the novices of our USA provinces. They are here in some measure because others prayed for this same openness. I hope someday that the parish will form a vocations committee to promote vocations within our family of faith.
On our council agenda is the request for one of our friars in training to spend a year here at Transfiguration friary. His name is Eric Sequin; we approved his request. He will be coming here in August to live in our fraternity, to help out in the parish, and to prepare himself through this experience to make solemn vows in 2015. Later in the summer I will ask him to introduce himself in the bulletin.
Since this Sunday is Mothers Day, I want to wish all of you who are celebrating it, a happy, blessed day. Thank you for your many sacrifices you make for your children. Please join us for breakfast on Sunday morning.
Thanks to everyone who made our first communion mass so special. I really enjoyed celebrating this moment. Also, telephone calls have gone out, along with my letter, to encourage you to make your photo appointment for our pictorial directory. If you did not hear from me, contact Mary in our front office so that she can update your contact information. .