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HomeNew & Noteworthy + Br. Andre (James Armand) Picotte, OFM Conv.Br. Andre (James Armand) Picotte, OFM Conv., a Franciscan Friar of the Our Lady of the Angels Province, died peacefully on Friday, May 3, 2024. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on April 11, 1945, he was the son of the late ...Franciscan Mission Service celebrates World Care BenefitBy Friar Timothy Dore, OFM Conv. On the evening of Apr. 18, 2024, at St. Francis Hall located at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, Washington, D.C., I had the pleasure of attending the “World Care 2024 Benefit ...Friar Franck-Lino Sokpolie, OFM Conv., ordained a deaconThe Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower in San Antonio, Texas, was the setting for the diaconal ordination of Friar Franck-Lino Sokpolie, OFM Conv., on Saturday, Apr. 6, 2024. Bishop Gary Janak, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese ...Friar Michael T. Martin, OFM Conv., to become fifth Bishop of CharlotteThe Diocese of Charlotte today announced that longtime Bishop Peter J. Jugis is retiring due to health limitations and that Pope Francis has appointed Friar Michael T. Martin, OFM Conv., of Atlanta, as his successor to lead the growing diocese. Bishop ... |