Vatican City, 05 December 2019 (VIS)

In his prayer intention for the month of December 2019, Pope Francis calls us to pray that every country decides to take necessary measures to make the future of children a priority, especially the future of children who are suffering today.

The full text of his intention is below:

Every child who is marginalized, abused, abandoned, without schooling, or without medical care, is a cry that rises up to God. In each of them is Christ, who came to our world as a defenseless child; it is Christ who looks at us through the eyes of each of these children. 

Let us prayer that every country decides to take necessary measures to make the future of children a priority, especially the future of children who are suffering today.

 

All are welcome to visit our fraternity gathering. Our fraternity gatherings are on the third Sunday of the month. This month, Fraternity annual Christmas party will be held on our regular gathering day, December 15th following the noon Mass. Food will be pot luck so please be generous with your culinary creations.

Our fraternity gatherings are on the third Sunday of the month. We start with Mass at 12 PM (Optional) in the friary chapel. After Mass, our social begins at 1 PM in the refectory followed by a fifteen to twenty-minute business meeting. Following the brief meeting, we will have the Franciscan Traditional Extraction of Saints in the chapel.

St. Joseph Cupertino Fraternity was Canonically Approved: 1980

Founding Location: St. Mark’s Church (Catonsville Maryland)

Moved to Current Location: (1992) at the Shrine of St. Anthony, Ellicott City, Maryland (formerly known as St. Joseph of Cupertino Friary). The friar’s residence is still known as St. Joseph of Cupertino.

PAST MINISTERS AND VICE MINISTERS

1980 – 1986

Minister – Jim Manning, OFS
Vice Minister – Jean Manning, OFS (Deceased) 

1986 -1992

Minister – Jean Singleton, OFS
Vice Minister – Stella Cykoski, SFO (Deceased) 

1992 – 1998

Minister – Carolyn Protin, OFS

2006 -2009 Regional Minister of St. Margaret of Cortona Region

Vice Minister – Steven Potorti, OFS 

1998 – 2000

Minister – Robert Lewis, SFO (Deceased)
Vice Minister – Robert Longo,OFS 

2001 – 2004

Minister – Robert Longo, OFS
Vice Minister – Sherry Lewis, OFS 

2004 – 2007

Minister – Sherry Lewis, SFO
Vice Minister – Lita Maisel, SFO 

2007- 2010

Minister – Sheila Solomen, OFS
Vice Minister – Lita Maisel, OFS 

2010 – 2013

Minister – Sheila Solomen, OFS
Vice Minister -Kevin Corcoran, OFS 

2013 – 2016

Minister – Robert Longo, OFS
Vice Minister -Sherry Lewis, OFS 

2016 – 2018

 Minister – Robert Longo, OFS

blongosfo@gmail.com

April 21, 2018, elected Regional Minister of St. Margaret of Cortona Region

April 21, 2018

Acting Minister – Ed Burgee, OFS 

smuffin@comcast.net

Vice Minister – Geri Flynn, OFS

Professed Members

Activities 

Franciscans Visit the Walters Art Gallery – October 28, 2011

Left to right – Lita Maisel, OFS, Lynne Float, OFS, Jean Singleton, OFS, Bob Longo, OFS, Kevin Corcoran, OFS, Sheila Solomon, OFS, Patrick Caughy, OFS and Visitors

The Missal used by St. Francis during his life

Fraternity Members Walking the Labyrinth at Bon Secour Spiritual Center November 2012

Franciscans Visit the National Art Gallery in Washington, D.C – January 18, 2014

Left to Right – Michael Radcliffe, OFS, Bob Longo, OFS, Patrick Caughy, OFS,

Jean-Louis Staudenmann

 

Left to Right – Bob Longo, OFS, Michael Radcliffe, OFS,  Patrick Caughy, OFS,

Jean-Louis Staudenmann

  Secular Franciscans performing the traditional “Extraction of Saints” ceremony – January 19, 2014

                                                                                            

January 22, 2014

Our brother, Michael Radcliffe, OFS took the pictures below at the

“March for Life” in Washington, DC  

September 18, 2016 St. Joseph Cupertino Fraternity Annual Picnic

 

              

     Sponsor – Chris Donaldson, OFS                       Sponsor – France Staudenmann, OFS

 Newly Professed – Richard Lam, OFS               Newly Professed – Denise Donaldson, OFS

  

                          Sponsor – Mary Karth, OFS                            Sponsor – Geri Flynn, OFS

                 Newly Professed – Theresa Lam, OFS        Newly Professed – Karan Bevers, OFS

                  

              Sponsor – Lita Maisel, OFS                                                    Newly Professed

Newly Professed – Mick Michieli-Beasley, OFS