May 20, 2022: Our Baltimore, MD high school ministry ~ Archbishop Curley High School gathered to celebrate the Golden Friars Liturgy to honor the 50th Reunion of the Curley Class of 1972. The main celebrant of the Mass was the President of Curley & a member of the Class of ’70 ~ Fr. Donald Grzymski OFM Conv. (pictured below). Fr. Bart Karwacki, OFM Conv., the Guardian of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Friary, concelebrated with Friar Donald.

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Congratulations to Friar Lawrence and the rest of the Curley Class of 1972!
Included among the Curley’s class of ’72 honorees was Our Lady of the Angels Province friar ~ Br. Lawrence LaFlame, OFM Conv. (seated in the insert with some of his classmates in attendance). Friar Lawrence is a Theology and Philosophy Instructor at Curley. After graduating from Curley, and before he became a friar of our province, he served in the US Navy as a Sonarman. Fr. Lawrence holds a B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy as well as a M.A. in Theology. He spent 19 years teaching at our Athol Springs, NY high school ministry ~ St. Francis High School, where he taught Latin, Theology, and World History. Friar Lawrence, Friar Donald, and Friar Bart live in community with two more friars in the IHM Friary.