9 men and women with ties to archdiocese profess final vows in religious communities

Share:
Facebook
X
Pinterest
WhatsApp

At least three men and six women who were born or are serving in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis took final vows in their religious communities this year.

As the Catholic Church celebrates vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life during National Vocation Awareness Week Nov. 3-9, The Catholic Spirit is highlighting those commitments in these pages.

Susan Klemond spoke with Nicole Bettini, a consecrated virgin and the delegate for consecrated life in the archdiocese, as Klemond detailed the stories of two people who recently were ordained or took final vows: Oblate of the Virgin Mary Father Jonathon Hank, a native of Corcoran, and Pro Ecclesia Sancta Sister Laura Holupchinski of St. Paul.

Another religious priest, a brother and five more religious sisters also appear in these below, with summaries edited from material provided. Archbishop Bernard Hebda addresses vocations in his “Only Jesus” column. In a commentary Father Mark Pavlak, vocations director for the archdiocese, urges those who feel called to a religious vocation to take a leap of faith and actively explore the possibility. In his column “Faith Fundamentals,” Father Michael Van Sloun, as part of a series of columns on holy orders, makes the point that God alone calls men to priestly vocations. And in a Q&A Christina Capecchi talks with John Flanagan, executive director of The Labouré Society in Eagan, a nonprofit that helps Catholics eliminate college debt to pursue priesthood and religious life.

 

 


Christian Brother Matthew Kotek

Final, perpetual vows: July 27 at National Shrine of St. Thérèse, Darien, Illinois

First profession: July 2018

Entrance into the community: Postulancy, July 2015; novitiate, July 2017

Current assignment: Vocations, Midwest Province, Minneapolis

Hometown and home parish: La Crosse, Wisconsin; St. Joseph


Jesuit Father Minh Le

Priestly ordination: June 8, Church of the Gesu, Milwaukee

Final, perpetual vows: Aug. 8, 2015, St. Thomas More, St. Paul

Entrance into the community: Aug. 24, 2013

Current assignment: Ministry and studies in California

Hometown and home parish: St. Paul, St. Adalbert


Missionary Sister of St. Peter Claver M. Magdalena Nguyen

Final, perpetual vows: Sept. 8, Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Maplewood

Vows preceding final vows: Poverty, chastity, obedience

Entrance into the community: Feb. 16, 2014

Current assignment: Vietnamese administration at Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver, St. Paul

Hometown and home parish: Phuoc An, Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam; Our Lady Help of Christians


Dominican Sister of Mary Mother of the Eucharist Maria Francisco

Final, perpetual vows: July 25, Ann Arbor, Michigan

First vows: July 26, 2019

Entrance into the community: Aug. 28, 2016

Current assignment: Teaching and evangelization

Hometown and home parish: Bloomington, Nativity of Mary


Handmaid of the Heart of Jesus Sister Teresa Rose

Final, perpetual vows: June 8, Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New Ulm

Temporary vows: First vows, 2019; renewal of vows, 2022

Entrance into the community: Aug. 21, 2016

Current assignment: Nativity of Our Lord parish and school, St. Paul; vocations promoter and local superior for convent, also in St. Paul

Hometown and home parish: Gaithersburg, Maryland; St. John Neumann


Pro Ecclesia Sancta Sister Leann Luecke

Final, perpetual vows: June 29, Our Lady of Grace, Edina

Temporary vows: June 8, 2018, Lima, Peru

Entrance into the community: June 6, 2014

Current assignment: Office of Communication for Evangelization of Pro Ecclesia Sancta (PES) and Catholic Advance Movement (lay movement of PES), both in Twin Cities

Hometown and home parish: Cedar Falls, Iowa; St. Patrick


Sister of Life Martha Maria Guadalupe

Final, perpetual vows: Aug. 6, St. Patrick Cathedral, New York

Temporary vows: First profession, Aug. 4, 2019; renewal of vows, June 24, 2022

Entrance into the community: Sept. 10, 2016

Current assignment: New York Visitation Mission, assisting pregnant women

Hometown and home parish: Mendota Heights; St. Joseph, West St. Paul

Share:
Facebook
X
Pinterest
WhatsApp
Related

Archbishop Hebda leads Eucharistic procession indoors at Cathedral

Members of the Archdiocesan Synod 2025: Be My Witnesses Assembly

Revolutionary movements at the time of Jesus

Free Newsletter
Only Jesus
Trending

Before You Go!

Sign up for our free newsletter!

Keep up to date with what’s going on in the Catholic world