Franciscan Friars Conventual

Upon passing his examination at the Vatican on the 12th of May, Our Lady of the Angels Province friar, Fr. John M. Voytek, OFM Conv. was immediately taken to the Chapel of the Penitentiaries by His Eminence Cardinal Mauro Piacenza (Major Penitentiary, the head of the Apostolic Penitentiary), and Msgr. Krzysztof Józef Nykiel (Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary) to take his oath and make his profession of faith. Having signed the official documents, the Vatican officials enrolled Friar John in the official ranks of friars who for 246 years have carried out this great service of the Order to the Church. The most recent predecessors of Fr. John as English-speaking "penitentiaries" from Our Lady of the Angels Province were Friar Kevin Hanley, OFM Conv. and Friar Nevin Hammon, OFM Conv. At the Vatican, at the right of Friar John - the Cardinal and the Regent, to his left - Friar Robert Leohupski, OFM Conv. ,who serves in the position formerly held by our own +Fr. Donald Kos, OFM Conv. and theologian Fr. John ( Vatican officials in the Sacred Congregation of the Apostolic Penitentiary ). While preparing three months in Rome for his Penitenzeria exam, Friar John lived at our General Curia's Convento Ss. XII Apostoli ( Friary of the Twelve Holy Apostles ). Our Minister General, the Most Reverend Fr. Carlos Trovarelli, OFM Conv. (at left), who sincerely asserted that the fraternity of the Friary will miss Friar John very much as he moves across the River Tiber to Vatican City. Before moving, however, Friar John flew back to Atlanta to begin the six-week process of obtaining an Italian Visa. Posted in Uncategorized