Father Martin Day
Friar Martin Day, OFM Conv. celebrates his 40th year in a Franciscan habit this summer. He was invested as a novice in 1982 at the then-novitiate in Mishawaka, Indiana. Martin…
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Father Ken Bartsch
Friar Ken Bartsch, born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1948, is the oldest of ten children. He was a “lifer,” entering Mount Saint Francis Minor Seminary a month before his fourteenth…
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Father Savio Manavalan
Friar Savio Manavalan is originally from Kerala, India. The present provincial House of St. Maximilian Kolbe Province, India, is close to his grandma’s house and he has a cousin who…
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Father Joseph West
Initially from Logansport, Indiana, Joe met the friars at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, where they serve two parishes, St. Benedict and St. Joseph University Parish, which serves the…
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Father Bob St. Martin
Fr. Bob was born in St. Paul, MN (in 1949). He was raised in Bloomington, MN (near where the Mall of America is located). He attended St. Richard’s Grade School…
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Father Ivan Rohloff
Friar Ivan is originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he met the friars at his home parish of St. Anthony. He went to College Seminary in the US, then to…
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Father Peter Damian Massengill
Friar Peter Damian Massengill, OFM Conv. was born on November 18, 1948 in Louisville, Kentucky. After his first year at then Bellarmine College in Louisville, now Bellarmine University, he entered…
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Father Conrad Sutter
Father Conrad hails from Toledo, Ohio. He was introduced to the friars at Central Catholic High School, where the friars taught him theology. He entered the community as a Brother…
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Brother Tony Droll
Brother Tony was privileged to have been born and begin his education within the Franciscan charism of Our Lady of Consolation Shrine in Carey, Ohio. 1951 saw him entering Mt.…
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Father Steve McMichael
Originally from Minnetonka, Minnesota where Fr. Steve graduated from high school in 1973. He was familiar in his youth with the friars at the seminary in Chaska and the retreat…
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