ar o un d t h e mis s ion s • St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Unicoi County, Tenn., has begun hosting a monthly Eucharistic Holy Hour. The first one took place May 3. This opportunity is another example of Glenmary bringing the Real Presence of Christ to Mission Land, USA. • The dedication of the new Holy Family Catholic Church in Macon County, Tenn., originally scheduled for late June, has been rescheduled for Sept. 21 at 10 a.m. • Glenmary offers prayers and condolences for Holy Cross Father Joe Callahan, who died on Easter Sunday. Father Joe ministered with Glenmary in the 1970s and, among other things, helped create the philosophy of Glenmary’s group volunteer program. • Part of Glenmary's aim is connecting missions with the universal Church. Father Steve Pawelk's parish, St. Teresa of Kolkata, made that connection by chartering a bus and bringing many of the community to Cincinnati, Ohio, to attend the ordination of Glenmary Fathers Charles Aketch and Richard Toboso (see page 10 for more.)
Students profess oaths
formation / Men progress in journey to full Glenmary membership The Glenmary Oath calls each man to a special practice of poverty, chastity, obedience and prayer. Men in formation make their First Oath after their novitiate year, and renew that oath annually a number of times before professing a Final Oath, which is for life.
Five men recently renewed their oaths while two made their profes-
sion for the first time.
Jose Carlos Miguel Lopez, Samuel Mungai, Ken Wandera, Matthew
Solarz and Josiah Kimani each renewed their oaths May 24 at Glenmary's Our Lady of the Fields Chapel in Cincinnati. Jose Carlos, Samuel and Ken will be eligible to profess their Final Oaths in 2020. Matthew and Josiah may become eligible in 2021.
Glenmary Novices Erick Orandi and Willy Kyagulanyi made their First
Oaths during Glenmary's Chapter of Affairs in Charleston, W.Va.
Along the journey, each of these men has studied, experienced and
prayed about Glenmary and the Glenmary lifestyle. For example, in the no-
vitiate program, under the guidance of seasoned Glenmarians, students apply their foundations in college-level theology and philosophy to what
they’re learning about Glenmary and how the society's ideals apply to life in the Church today.
Glenmary presently has nine men in formation preparing for missionary
priesthood or brotherhood.
LEFT: Parishioners from St. Teresa of Kolkata Catholic Church in Tenn. took a bus to the ordination Mass in Cincinnati. ABOVE: Five of Glenmary's men in formation pose in front of the mission bell located at Glenmary headquarters.
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