Two of our province friars from Costa Rica, friar Henry Ramírez Vargas, OFM Conv. and friar Kevin Gabriel González Vega, OFM Conv. are studying in the Seminario San Maximiliano Kolbe (Novitiate) in Itagüí, Antioquia, Colombia. In early October they were both invested with their habits by our Minister Provincial, the Very Reverend Fr. James McCurry, OFM Conv. The Custos of the friars in Colombia, Fr. Jhon Jairo Molina Castañeda, OFM Conv. also invested four friars from the Columbian Custodia Provincialis Columbiensis S. Francisci (Custody of the Spanish Province of Dominae Nostrae a Monte Serrato “Our Lady of Montserrat”).
The Custos of Custodia Provincialis Columbiensis S. Francisci (Colombia), Fr. Jhon Jairo Molina Castañeda, OFM Conv. and Our Lady of the Angels Province Minister Provincial, the Very Reverend Fr. James McCurry, OFM Conv. are assisted by Colombia’s Seminario San Maximiliano Kolbe Novice Master Fr. Sidifredo de la Cruz, OFM Conv., during the Investiture Ceremony.
All of the newly Invested outside of the Seminario San Maximiliano Kolbe (Novitiate) in Colombia, with our Minister Provincial, the Very Reverend Fr. James McCurry, OFM Conv. (center), including the two Costa Rican Novices, friar Henry Ramírez Vargas, OFM Conv. and friar Kevin Gabriel González Vega, OFM Conv. (each end)
The newly invested novices, friar Henry Ramírez Vargas, OFM Conv. and friar Kevin Gabriel González Vega, OFM Conv, are joined by their Minister Provincial, the Very Reverend Fr. James McCurry, OFM Conv. (back left) and their former Postulant Director in Costa Rica, Fr. Marco Umaña, OFM Conv. (back right), to carry the liter holding a figure of St. Francis of Assisi, used during the Transitus Ceremony.
