Our life is not about habits - the traditional garment worn by the Capuchin brotherhood. It's about the life of the person wearing it, and our Capuchin Province of St. Augustine rejoices in the four brothers who donned that habit in July.
Novices and newest "Brothers" (clockwise from upper right) Seth Dwyer, Joe Morton and Luke Kim began their novitiate year on July 22nd and join their 12 other confreres under the guidance of Novice Director Robert Stewart, OFM Cap. (Australia) and our own Phil Bernier, OFM Cap. & Bill Talentino, OFM Cap., who serve on the novitiate staff.
The "novitiate," a year of prayer and discernment required by the Church of all women and men who desire to live as "Religious," living in community and dedicated to a life of service and united by our vows poverty, chastity and obedience.
The ceremony of reception took place at the Capuchin San Lorenzo Friary in Santa Ynez, CA, where novices from English-speaking countries come together to deepen their knowledge about the Capuchin Order and their devotion to the Lord Jesus.
Above is the entire group of novices and friars present for the event . . .
. . . but this photo is one of our novices and the friars of the Province of St. Augustine
who were able to be present in California for the Investiture.
You can see pictures of all the novices invested --
they were uploaded to Google Drive.