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(From left) John Baptist Hung Tien Ho, O.Carm., Mark Zittle, O.Carm., and Joseph Phuong Van Ngo,O.Carm.
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By: Reverend Quinn Conners, O.Carm., Director of Novices
On Monday, June 12th, three novices professed their simple vows, (a promise of membership for the next three years) in the chapel of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Middletown, New York. Mark Zittle, O.Carm., Joseph Phuong Van Ngo, O.Carm., and John Baptist Hung Tien Ho, O.Carm., completed their novitiate year and became professed members of the Province of Saint Elias.
The profession took place at Mass presided over by the Very Reverend Michael Kissane, O.Carm., Prior Provincial of the Saint Elias Province. The Very Reverend John Welch, O.Carm., Prior Provincial of the Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary, was the homilist. Carmelites, family and friends of the newly professed attended the celebration, and a luncheon was held in Pilgrim Hall immediately afterwards.
Mark Zittle is 40 years old and a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is a graduate of Wheeling Jesuit University and worked in sales and management for several years after completing his education. Feeling the desire to manifest faith in the Gospel values through service to the poor he combined his employment with participation in active ministry. Initially, he worked for Food for the Poor, a Christian relief and development organization based in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The last position he held before joining the Carmelites was the Director of Outreach Preachers at Cross International Catholic Outreach, which delivers aid through the Church in the Caribbean, Africa, South America, and Asia. Mark will live at Whitefriars Hall and study theology at the Washington Theological Union for a year before doing his internship. (From left) John Baptist Hung Tien Ho, O.Carm., Mark Zittle, O.Carm., and Joseph Phuong Van Ngo,O.Carm.
Joseph Phuong Van Ngo is 29 years-old and a native of My Luong, Vietnam. Phuong studied psychology and education at the Social Science and Humanities University in Ho Chi Minh City. He first met the Carmelites in 1996 and became a candidate in 1999 while he was pursuing his undergraduate degree. Upon completion of the degree, he became a prenovice in New York while he studied English and philosophy at Seton Hall University. Phuong will return to Vietnam to complete his philosophy studies.
John Baptist Hung Tien Ho is 27 years-old and a native of Duc Manh, Vietnam.
Hung has a degree in economics from the University of Economics in Ho Chi Minh City. After studying and working in Ho Chi Minh City, Hung joined the Carmelites in 2002 when he completed his undergraduate work. In 2004 he came to the United States as a pre-novice to study English and philosophy at Seton Hall University. Hung has been assigned to the new formation house in Ho Chi Minh City where he will finish his philosophical studies.
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