tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post1770554645726063298..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Pilgrimage to the BronxBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-53767214022438379282013-10-10T00:08:49.772-04:002013-10-10T00:08:49.772-04:00Dear Tim, thanks for the comment. I realize that I...Dear Tim, thanks for the comment. I realize that I write for the same reason; to have a record of grace, of God's faithfulness, which is sometimes hard to see in the present.<br /><br />I felt so at home in that house, which was such a contrast to the novitiate, where I didn't feel at home at all. (I was in the Providence novitiate.) Visiting was also a little eerie; it was like the brothers had just disappeared. E.g., in the living room, the issues of America and NCR dated from the time of the departure where still sitting there.Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-15498137698456170992013-10-09T21:27:47.823-04:002013-10-09T21:27:47.823-04:00izaHow funny, but we were at the same funeral (ass...izaHow funny, but we were at the same funeral (assuming the funeral was that of Thaddeus Sappio). Thaddeus was always such a wonderful spiritual guide and he had a wonderful sense of humor. I had returned to the OFMs shortly before his funeral, and left again shortly afterward. Like you, the chapel was always my first visit when returning to Holy Cross. Thank you for this blog (it's been a great spiritual comfort), and thanks for the reminder to remember graces past and not just my current spiritual condition. Tim Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864828715976815849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-58829486842695806632009-09-24T12:05:35.155-04:002009-09-24T12:05:35.155-04:00Ben, I don't think I knew him; in any case the...Ben, I don't think I knew him; in any case the name doesn't ring any bells. That province is very large, and I was only with them for a year and half (i.e. postulancy and half of novitiate.)Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-68639613504057666902009-09-24T12:02:49.841-04:002009-09-24T12:02:49.841-04:00I had not realized that you started out in the OFM...I had not realized that you started out in the OFM's, and were not always a capuchin. Did you ever know Fr. Joseph Ganssle, OFM? He was in the Holy Name Province and died a couple of years ago in Florida. He spent much of the Last 40 years in Denver.ben in denvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-18271500352854448122009-09-23T16:00:16.595-04:002009-09-23T16:00:16.595-04:00This is a beautiful post. It reminds me of those t...This is a beautiful post. It reminds me of those trips I've taken in life back to places I lived - or once, a long time ago, when my dad drove me to the south Bronx to see the area where he had grown up. It's enlightening. It reminds us of the incredible journey we have traveled. We can get so bogged down in the present that we don't remember how far we've come.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18217797935437208044noreply@blogger.com