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Fourteen men (top photo) from 8 Capuchin provinces, born in nine different nations, rise in prayer and song to begin their novitiate as Capuchin friars. After their investiture with the habit (above), all sing a hymn of praise. |
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| Leaders and representatives of participating Capuchin jurisdictions (above) witness the start of the first NAPCC. Friar Reynold Rynda invests Ernst Geffner-Daphnis with the habit of the Order (right). | ||
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At left above, Miles Garrett figures out how to put on the habit; then he joins six other novices who have just been invested (above right) . |
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Friars from the Province of St. Augustine gather around Ernst and Miles after their investiture. Standing, left to right, Miles Garrett, Gervase Degenhardt, Christopher Rengers, Ernst Geffner-Daphnis, Richard Lubomski and Vernon Busch. Kneeling, left to right, David Cira, Bob Herrick and Michael Joyce. |
