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History
“...when God gave me brothers, no one showed me what I should do, but the Most high revealed to me that I should live according to the form of the holy gospel.”
In order to better understand the Friars Minor Capuchins (O.F.M. Cap.), one must first understand their history. The driving force and inspiration of the friars is best explained through the life of their founder, St. Francis of Assisi, as well as the numerous other Franciscan Blesseds and Saints that followed in his footsteps.
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Father Justin Joos, O.F.M. Cap.
Native New Yorker, son, brother, Capuchin, priest,
director, pastor, and hospital chaplain—1912-1998
Article: Father Justin Joos, O.F.M. Cap.
Father Theophilus Riesinger, O.F.M. Cap.
Capuchin, priest, linguist, home missionary, and exorcist—1868-1941
Article: Father Theophilus Riesinger, O.F.M. Cap.
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