St Lawrence of Brindisi, Formation House, Howick
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A Prayer for Vocations to the Capuchin Way of Life
Almighty Father we confidently come before you for the grace of vocations to the Order and our Custody.
Send us genuine young men of ideal courage and dedication, to follow you in the path of poverty, simplicity, humility and fraternity, to build up our Custody as a true brotherhood of love and service.
We intercede for our benefactors, parents, relatives and our dear ones under your care. Be close to them and watch over them in all their needs.
We implore you, to convert us daily more and more, that we may live our Capuchin Life genuinely and faithfully.
We place all the friars of the Custody and the Order under your special care. To those who have gone before us, grant them eternal bliss.
Mary Mother of the Seraphic Order...Pray for us
St. Francis our Seraphic Father...Pray for us
St. Padre Pio...Pray for us
St. Lawrence of Brindisi...Pray for us
All highest glorious God, cast your light into the darkness of my heart.
Give me right faith, firm hope, perfect charity and profound humility so that I may do what is truly your holy will. Amen
Capuchin Custody of South Africa
Mary, Mother of Africa
Our Brothers in Formation
Br Raymond
Currently in Zambia, at St Bonaventure University, in Zambia, completing a degree in Philosophy.
Br Jordan
Currently in Zambia, at St Bonaventure University, in Zambia, completing a degree in Philosophy.
Br Shane
Currently in Zambia, at St Bonaventure University, in Zambia, completing a degree in Philosophy.
Below: Br Warren
Currently in Zambia, Novitiate House
Our Solemn Profession
For the praise and glory of the Most Holy Trinity! Moved by divine inspiration to follow more closely the Gospel and footprints of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of my brothers, and into your hands …. I brother …. Steadfast in faith and will, vow to God the Father, Holy and all-powerful, to live for (my entire life) in obedience, without anything of my own, and in chastity. At the same time, I profess the life and Rule of the Friars Minor, confirmed by Pope Honorius, promising to observe it faithfully in accordance with the Constitutions of the Order of the Capuchin Friars Minor. Therefore, I entrust myself with all my heart to this brotherhood, so that by the working of the Holy Spirit, after the example of Mary Immaculate’ and through the intercession of our Father Francis, and all the saints, with the help of my brothers, I may constantly strive for the fullness of love in the service of God, of the Church, and of all people.