Father Keith O’Neil
Friar Keith’s distinguished journey began as a parish priest at Saint Anthony’s in Lorraine, OH, before swiftly transitioning to serve at Toledo Central Catholic High School in Toledo, OH, where…
Read More 
Father Martin Day
Friar Martin Day, OFM Conv. was invested as a novice in 1982 in Mishawaka, Indiana. Martin grew up as the 5th of the nine children of Murl and Henrietta Day, and…
Read More 
Father Ken Bartsch
Friar Ken Bartsch, a native of Louisville, KY, was born in 1948 as the eldest of ten children raised by two Catholic parents. He finds great joy in being assigned…
Read More 
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…
Read More 
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…
Read More 
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…
Read More 
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…
Read More 
Brother Tony Droll
Brother Tony Droll, OFM Conv., was born on May 20, 1937, into a strong Catholic family as the third of five children. Formed from childhood in a deeply Franciscan environment,…
Read More 
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…
Read More 
Father Don Halpin
Fr Don has been a Conventual Franciscan priest since 1972. After a few years in a parish in Louisville, Kentucky, he began extended work in retreat ministry including parish missions,…
Read More