On Saturday, August 30, 2025, Brothers Manuel Eduardo Alvarado Salinas, Manuel Alejandro Chavarria Blanco, and Jimmy Alexis Marchante professed their first vows at the hands of Br. Patrick Boyle, O.F.M., Provincial Minister, at the novitiate in Assisi.  We offer our congratulations to them and wish them many blessings as they continue their initial formation as Franciscan Friars.