The week of April 12 - 16, 2010, the Conventual Franciscan Friars of the St Anthony of Padua Province, USA, gathered for their Ordinary Provincial Chapter. The friars gather on a four year basis to reflect on the past four years, elect new leadership and project a four year plan for the future. This Chapter was a historic event: we elected an Irishman as provincial, after 105 years of Polish leadership; we held the Chapter in Buffalo, NY, the place of our first provincial headquarters; and we voted to join our mother province - Immaculate Conception in 2014.
The three pictures below are, in order: the 103 friars gathered in Chapter; Fr James McCurry (center) our new provincial, and his Councilors; and the Minister General, Fr Marco, announces the vote for the joining of the provinces.
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