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Check out this Series on our Work Part 3... Educa

Check out this Series on our Work Part 3...

Education: Since the beginning of the Western American Capuchin mission, the friars have always been involved in education ministry. The Order founded the following schools to share the joy of knowledge with the people we minister to:

St. Lawrence of Brindisi Catholic School
Our Lady of Angels School
St. Francis High School

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Check out this Series on our Work Part 2... Paroc

Check out this Series on our Work Part 2...

Parochial: We serve people in sacramental ministry through our parish missions. By sharing our Franciscan charism with the people we serve, we foster a vibrant, faithful community. Historically, our Order has served in the dioceses of Baker and Portland in Oregon as well as Santa Rosa, San Francisco, Oakland, Fresno, and Los Angeles in California. Today, we serve in the following parishes:

St. Lawrence of Brindisi
Our Lady of Angels
Old Mission Santa Inés
St. Jarlath
National Shrine of St. Francis

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Check out this Series on our Work Part 1... Our M

Check out this Series on our Work Part 1...

Our Ministries: We are involved in a variety of ministries focused on bringing the Gospel to God’s people. Our ministry work includes hospital chaplaincy, prison ministry, community outreach, campus ministry, and evangelization.

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Saint Francis High School one of our favorite mini

Saint Francis High School one of our favorite ministries! 🎓🙏🏼

Saint Francis High School is a private, Catholic, college preparatory school for boys where Catholic tradition has been enriching the minds and hearts of young men with the Spirit of St. Francis since 1946.

If you would like to help us continue our ministry here please check out: https://capuchinswest.org/donate/

Go Knights!!

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Saturday's are for Saint Francis and here is his s

Saturday's are for Saint Francis and here is his story Part II:

In 1202 Francis participates in a battle between Assisi and Perugia; he is captured and imprisoned.

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This Week's Friar Friday is... Saint Fr. Joseph o

This Week's Friar Friday is...

Saint Fr. Joseph of Leonessa (1556 - 1612)

Joseph Desideri (baptized Eufranio) was born on January 8, 1556 and joined the Capuchin Friars in 1572. He was noted for the purity and austerity of his life. He was willing to sleep on a board with a wooden block as a pillow and eat only the most meager food, often spoiling its taste with ashes or water. Joseph denied his physical wants to obtain his spiritual needs and he did so with joy. In his zeal for the faith he went to Turkey where he was taken captive and tortured, but surprisingly he survived and escaped. He returned to his native land and labored with great success as an untiring preacher-one who worked hard for the conversion of sinners. The Lord favored his ministry with abundant gifts. He died at Amatrice on February 4, 1612.

He was beatified by Pope Clement XII on June 22, 1737 and was canonized by Pope Benedict XIV on June 29, 1737. His feast day is celebrated on February 4th.

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