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MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY

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The Right Rev. Raphael Adams, ofr

Bp. Raphe is Guardian of the Community of St Francis and Suffragan Bishop of the Great Lakes Region of the Ecumenical Catholic Communion. A Franciscan his entire adult life, he studied Philosophy at Quincy College and received a B.A. in Sociology from Loyola University, Chicago. Raphe also received his M.S. from Rush Medical University, where he taught in the Occupational Therapy program for many years. As a practitioner he has both worked at and consulted with numerous agencies, including Hines Veterans' Hospital and Lutheran Social Services of Illinois. Raphe is a member of the Society of Fellows of the St. Bonaventure House of Studies. He has the distinction of being the only serious competition at the moment for Greg's title of "Resident Old Curmudgeon," although he is, and always will be, a young whippersnapper by comparison to Greg.

The Rev. William Gabriel, ofr
Fr. Will received his B.S. (cum laude)in Sociology from the University of Louisville and his J.D. from Norhtern Kentucky University. He is involved in an ecumenical ministry to the homeless and poor of Louisville and has gained the respect and affection of a wide circle of ecumenical partners in ministry. Br. Will is a member of the Society of Fellows of the St. Bonaventure Virtual House of Studies. Although Will has only recently become a Franciscan, he is young enough to say that he has been one for all of his adult life.

The Rev. Liam Nioclás Kelly, ofr
Fr. Nioclás is Chaplain at Kindred Hospital and is a member of The Society of Fellows of the St. Bonaventure House of Studies. Born in Belfast, (Northern) Ireland, Nioclás came to Chicago to work at the Martin D'Arcy Museum At Loyola University as a Research Scholar/Professor (2002/2003) having completed his masters at the Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London) in medieval art & architecture. From 2002 until 2003, he also became a Research Scholar in the Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts at the Newberry Library of Chicago examining, translating and cataloguing Medieval liturgical manuscripts. He holds a B.Phil. in Aesthetics from St. Patrick Pontifical University, a B.A. (Hons.) in Philosophy and Classical Studies from the National University of Ireland and a Dip. Theology from the Dominican Studium ratified by the Angelicum, Rome (Pontifical University of St. Thomas). In addition to these accomplishments, Nioclás does an excellent imitation of John Wayne.

The Rev. Gregory Holmes Singleton, ofr
Fr. Greg is a member of the Society of Fellows of theSt. Bonaventure House of Studies and Dean of Academic Programs. He is also Professor of History, Emeritus, at Northeastern Illinois University. While active on the faculties at Northwestern University and Northeastern Illinois University, Greg was also concurrently Adjunct Professor of Church History at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary (ECUSA). His educational preparation includes: M. Div. from Union Theological Seminary, New York City; Ph.D. in History from UCLA; Post-Doctoral Study in Social Theory at the University of Chicago; Post-Doctoral Study in theology a the University of Chicago Divinity School's Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion. Greg is known around the globe as the Resident Old Curmudgeon. Many former colleagues and students can testify to the reasons why

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The Rev. Jeannine Carol Singleton, ofr
Mtr. Jeannine is a volunteer at Evanston Hospital and is the primary contact for incoming community members who wish to discern a direction for their individual social ministries in the Northeast Chicago/Evanston area. She is Administrative Director of the St. Bonaventure House of Studies. She has prior administrative experience in a variety of settings, from Misericordia Home for the Developmentally Disabled (Chicago) to the Librarian for Immanuel Lutheran Church, Evanston, IL. Jeannine has also served as Treasurer in two congregations. She holds a B.A. in Sociology (Magna Cum Laude) from Mundelein College, has done graduate work in Sociology at Loyola University of Chicago, and has had additional training and education through the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago (catechist training), the Valparaiso University Liturgical Institute, the Metropolitan Chicago Synod (ELCA) Diakonia Program, and Duke University Divinity School/ Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology. She is known as "The Queen of Purple" because she holds the legal rights to the color in all its hues. Please send her a check for $ 0.25 each time you wear purple.

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ASSOCIATES OF THE COMMUNITY

[Associates of the Community participate fully in our fellowship and sacramental life, but are not (yet?) vowed Franciscans]

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OUR NATURAL FRANCISCANS

Whereas the rest of us had to be baptized, admitted to the order, and professed, the following members of the community never rebelled against God in the first place and are thus Natural Franciscans. We learn a great deal from them and they keep us endlessly entertained.


Br. Ned


Br. Jack


Br. Rudy

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