I have held various ministries over the past seventeen years as a Capuchin Lay Brother. These roles include serving as an Operations Manager at St. John Hospice, a homeless shelter in Philadelphia. Then my second assignment was at the Basilica of the National Shrine in Washington, D.C., as Assistant Director of Liturgy. Then, a short period of time in Cleveland at the Conversion of Saint Paul, doing fraternal service.

In all my years in the Capuchin Order, I have been asked to take care of the Secular Franciscans. As Regional Spiritual Assistant, which encompasses Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Pennsylvania, I have also given multiple retreats on Franciscan spirituality. Last fall, I was asked to become the Provincial Spiritual Assistant for our Province. Our Province encompasses Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and parts of Indiana.

My last assignment was to serve as Facilities Manager, Procurator, and Director of International Students at our house of formation in Washington, D.C., St Francis Friary. Working so closely with our students in our formation house has reawakened a calling to become a priest. This was dormant for many years, but it never went away. I believed that I was too old and that my learning disability would prevent me from pursuing the priesthood. Then, by God's grace, I found Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, MA, which belongs to the Archdiocese of Boston.

Then I asked my Provincial Minister; he agreed to send me to Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary to continue my discernment process in the hope of one day becoming a Franciscan Priest.