PROMOTING VOCATIONS

Last week, Father Andre Eduvala, Vocations Director, with the help of Brother Gavin Diego, spent some time with a visiting class of male students from Santa Barbara Catholic School in Dededo.

Brother Gavin Diego

Father Andre and Brother Gavin spoke about the Capuchin way of life and also explained to the students various aspects of the Friary.

Photos courtesy of Sr Maria Rosario Gaite, RSM

FRIARS PRESENT AT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK

BROTHER GAVIN

This past week was Catholic Schools Week and today marked the end of this observance with a conference for all teachers in our Catholic schools.

Two Capuchin friars were asked to make presentations during this conference - Brother Gavin Diego and Father Eric Forbes.

FATHER ERIC

Concelebrating at the Mass for this conference, presided by Archbishop Apuron, OFM Cap, was Father Andre Eduvala, OFM Cap.

FATHER ANDRE (far right)

FR ANDRE AT MERCY FEAST DAY

September 24 is the Feast of Our Lady of Mercy and the Sisters of Mercy celebrate this on the Sunday closest to that date if it falls on any other day.  Father Andre Eduvala, OFM Cap is often called on to preside and preach at this Mass.  Msgr David IA Quitugua and Fr Richard Kidd concelebrated.

FOUR POSTULANTS WELCOMED INTO PROGRAM

 

Sean Rodriguez, Cody Lizama, Fr Andre, Nicholas Martinez, Lawrence Borja

Yesterday, four young men started their program as postulants of the Vice Province.  Postulancy is the first formal introduction of the Capuchin way of life to those seriously discerning a vocation.

As postulants, these young men are not friars yet.  But they live in the fraternity, take classes, pray with the friars and participate in most of the activities of the friars so that they can truly get to know our way of life through experience, and the friars can also get to know them.  This way they can better discern God's will.

Their director is Father Andre Eduvala, OFM Cap.

The postulants were given the Tau cross, a symbol of conversion adopted by Saint Francis.

 

The friars welcome the postulants with an embrace.

 

 

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR POSTULANTS

 

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PRAY FOR VOCATIONS!

DECEASED FRIARS REMEMBERED ON ALL SOULS DAY

Father Patrick Castro, OFM Cap, blesses the graves of the Capuchins buried at Togcha cemetery.  All the friars who died on Guam since 1966 are buried there.

Father Andre Eduvala, OFM Cap, distributes Holy Communion at the All Souls Day Mass at Togcha Cemetery.

NEW PARISH ASSIGNMENTS

Effective August 1, the following friars will become pastors at these respective parishes on Guam.

Fr. Joseph English, OFM Cap

Santa Teresita, Mangilao

Fr. Andre Eduvala, OFM Cap

Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Agana Heights

WORLD YOUTH DAY

The Capuchin Friars of Guam assisted a group of pilgrims from Guam to World Youth Day in Madrid traveling under the spiritual banner of the Capuchin Franciscans.  Father Andre Eduvala, OFM Cap, went along as their spiritual director.

Fr. Andre (middle) leads a small group of Guam pilgrims in prayer

Proudly displaying the Guam flag

Fr. Andre

The Guam Franciscan pilgrims in the streets of Madrid

FATHER ANDRE BIDS FAREWELL TO MERCY HEIGHTS

Father Andre has been teaching at Mercy Heights Nursery and Kindergarten in Oka, Guam for several years but had to leave his position there in order to become full-time Postulant Director of the four postulants entering this year.

The faculty and staff of Mercy Heights hosted a farewell party for him after Mass on July 29.  He will be missed by the Mercy Sisters and lay staff/faculty.