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  • Br. Francis Mary Kalvelage, Founder of the Youth Mission for the Immaculata (YMI) in the USA, dies.

    08/18/2007 8:45:10 AM PDT · by fr maximilian mary · 2 replies · 425+ views
    Marian Conquest ^ | December 2006 | Franciscans of the Immaculate
    A Son of St. Francis, A Knight of the Immaculate 1923-2007 Br. Francis Mary Kalvelage, FI was born in Portland, Oregon in 1923, the youngest in a family of five brothers. While he was still young the family moved to San Francisco and it was here that he was raised. During the period of World War II, Br. Francis served his country in the United States Air Force as a naval aviator. It was in this period of his life that Our Lord was preparing him to engage in a different type of service. One day Brother attempted to perform...