October 2, 2020 – Sisters and Brothers in Francis and Clare, I received an email from our National Fraternity requesting prayers for our National Minister, Jan Parker, OFS. Jan has been diagnosed with suspected ovarian cancer. Next Thursday, October 8th, Jan will undergo major surgery, please keep her in your daily prayers for a successful and quick recovery. Bob Longo, Regional Minister
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August 21, 2020 – Sisters and Brothers in Francis and Clare, On August 21, 2020, our sister Elsa Roscoe, OFS, a past member of the St. Joseph Cupertino Fraternity and pass regional area councilor in the St. Margaret of Cortona Region passed away. Elsa had been suffering from Alzheimer’s. Elsa’s daughter Kim and her husband, Walter Burgo were also members of St. Joseph Cupertino Fraternity. Please keep Elsa and her family in your daily prayers.
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May 27, 2020 – Sisters and Brothers in Francis and Clare, please keep in your prayers Rose Mary Mazzaglia, OFS from St. Mary of the Angels Fraternity who passed away from COVID-19. Also, please pray for her husband, Alfio, also a member, who has the coronavirus and has other health issues.
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May 27, 2020 – Sisters and Brothers in Francis and Clare, please keep in your prayers our brother, Christopher Petty, OFS, a member of Mary Our Queen Fraternity. Christopher passed away last week.
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May 20, 2020 – Sisters and Brothers in Francis and Clare, please keep in your prayers our sister, Peggy Gregory, OFS, who continues to receive treatment for whiplash suffered from a person who hit her car the day before Divine Mercy Sunday. Peggy is also seeing a neurologist.
Also, on Saturday before Divine Mercy Sunday, Peggy’s brother Bolton passed away after suffering from cancer. The day after Divine Mercy Sunday Peggy’s son, Joseph Gregory passed away after suffering from ALS.
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March 21, 2020 – Sisters and Brothers in Francis and Clare, a member of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America is the first person to die of the novel coronavirus in the DC, the monastery’s superior, Father Larry Dunham, confirmed Saturday.
John-Sebastian Laird-Hammond, 59, had been at the monastery since the late 1980s and had for the last 14 years ran its day-to-day operations as the business manager, Dunham said. He had recently been approved for a transfer to a community in New York, where he was going to be involved in fundraising efforts for missions in Central America, Dunham added. Please keep the friars and John-Sebastian Laird-Hammond in your daily prayers.
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August 31, 2019 – Sisters and Brothers in Francis and Clare, our brother, Skip Wallace, OFS, is requesting our prayers. A recent blood test showed that his cancer has returned and will be undergoing treatment. Please keep Skip and his family in your daily prayers.
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