WELCOME FATHER BERT!

Capuchin Father Roberto (Bert) San Diego from the Philippine Province is here on Guam to visit the friars for a month and a half.  Welcome Fr Bert and enjoy your stay!

WELCOME FATHER ROGER

Father Roger Calaor, a Capuchin from the Philippines, is spending a few weeks on Guam on a fraternal visit with the friars here.  Welcome and enjoy your visit!

FAREWELL FATHER ANGELUS!

On Thursday, May 23, the Island Board of Christian Mothers hosted a farewell, or despedida, dinner party at the Friary for Father Angelus Shaughnessy, a Capuchin from the Pittsburgh Province, who came to Guam to give many talks to the Christian Mothers.

WELCOME FATHER SANJAY!

Father Sanjay is a friar from India, but studying in Manila.  During his break from school, he is visiting the friars on Guam.  Welcome!

FATHER ANGELUS VISITS

Welcome to Father Angelus Shaughnessy of the Pennsylvania Province who is here to give talks to the Christian Mothers.  Father Angelus is well-known from his years at EWTN.

FRIARS WELCOME VICAR PROVINCIAL

WELCOME FR MICHAEL MARIGLIANO, Capuchin from the New York Province! He is the Vicar Provincial, or second-in-command, and is visiting the friars on Guam for a few days. Guam and Hawaii are under the New York-New England Province of St. Mary.

PEACE MEMORIAL

Back in the 1960s, a Catholic monsignor who lived through the Japanese occupation of Guam during World War II, and Japanese Buddhist associations collaborated in the building of a Peace Memorial so that we never have to suffer what they went through in the war.  The site chosen was the last battle ground on Guam of World War II, in Mataguac, Yigo.  Every year, both Buddhist monks and Catholic clergy take turns praying for the war dead at this annual occasion.

This year, Fr Raphael Iannone, a Capuchin visiting from New York, went out of personal interest to the annual ceremony.  He is seated in between a Buddhist monk on the left and the Lieutenant Governor of Guam on the right.

The Peace Prayer of St Francis was said in Japanese by almost everyone, lead by Fr Santiago, a Japanese-speaking Catholic priest on Guam.

FR. RAPHAEL HELPS ON GUAM

With Father Gus Gumataotao still on the mend in California, Father Raphael Iannone, Capuchin from New York, has graciously agreed to come help us out and cover Saint Jude parish.  It is a delight to have him with us.

WELCOME FROM GERMANY!

Brother Bernd Beermann from the German Province is visiting Guam for a few days.  He is the Assistant Master of the Post-Novices and also the Justice, Peace and Ecology head in his province, and lives in the friary in Muenster where he is bursar (treasurer).

His province is looking for places in the world where their post-novices can work with social justice issues.  Having already been to several places, he leaves Guam in a few days to visit Manila.

WELCOME TO TWO MORE FRIARS

Fr. Eddie Dowley, an Irish friar working in Korea, is helping at Santa Teresita parish in Mangilao this month.  He has been to Guam several times now and graciously helps whenever he can.

Fr. Bob Udulutsch, from the St. Joseph Province (Detroit), is pictured here at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament parish in Agana Heights, but will be helping at more than one parish this summer.  This, too, is not his first summer helping out the Guam friars.

WELCOME FATHER KIKO!

Father Francisco "KIKO" Armario is a Capuchin from the Philippine Province.  He has been to Guam several times over the last 20 years or more, helping when he can.

He arrived Sunday morning and will be visiting us for three months.  While residing at the Friary, Father Kiko will celebrate Mass at Saint jude's, which you can see in the background.

Welcome Father Kiko!