Posted on 06/12/2015 6:45:12 PM PDT by Morgana
After more than a century of ministry and service to West Virginia, the Capuchin friars are leaving the Mountain State this month.
Vows as Capuchin friars require they live together in community as brothers, sharing a prayer life and meals. A minimum of three brothers is necessary to fulfill this supportive environment. The area has two Capuchin friars serving five Catholic parishes in Kanawha and Putnam counties.
The Rev. James Kurtz serves St. Anthony on Charleston’s West Side and Our Lady of the Hills in Elkview. The Rev. Joseph Tuscan serves Holy Trinity in Nitro, Christ the King in Dunbar and St. Patrick in Bancroft.
Tuscan said he hopes the absence of the friars will be a hiatus and not an end to their historical presence in West Virginia. He said there is “not enough viable work” for more Capuchins to live in the friary next to St. Anthony Catholic Church, but he hopes that will change at some time in the future.
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someone give me a Catholic ping please. thanks.
sorry, but i'm afraid they're gone...
Now explain it to me.
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