During Vespers for the Feast
of Corpus Christi, Sunday,
June 13th, 2004, four young
men received the Carmelite habit
and began their year-long novitiate.
Marlon Mateo and David Genders,
who had done their pre-novitiate at
Casa Santa Teresita in Houston for
the Most Pure Heart of Mary (PCM,
Chicago) Province, and Fabio Rojas
and Francis Thuong, who had done
their pre-novitiate at Saint Eliseus
Priory in Tappan, New York, for the
Saint Elias (NY) Province, were
clothed in the Carmelite habit.
During the ceremony, Father
Gerald Payae, O.Carm., was thanked
for his service as Director of Novices
as he moves into a new ministry in
Peru and Father Quinn Conners,
O.Carm., became the new Director,
along with on-going Director Father
Timothy Ennis, O.Carm.
Newly received novices Fabio Rojas, Marlon Mateo, Francis Thuong, and David Genders.
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