Lenten Hour of Recollection for SCJs

Lenten Hour of Recollection for SCJs

The Lenten Hour of Recollection for SCJs will take place on Thursday, March 19 at 10:00 a.m. (Central). Fr. Joachim Studwell, OFM (“Fr. Kim”) will lead a reflection on the theme “From the Heart to the World.”SCJs can participate either in person at the Provincial Offices or via Zoom. A Zoom link will soon be shared.Fr. Joachim (Fr. Kim), is a Franciscan friar and Catholic priest of the recently established (2023) Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and is currently serving as Guardian (local superior) of Francis and Clare Friary in Franklin, WI.  He is originally from Pittsburgh, PA.  He professed vows as a Franciscan friar in 1986 and was ordained a Catholic priest in 1987.  Fr. Kim has served as a retreat director among lay adults, youth, clergy and religious, as a spiritual director, a spiritual assistant to Secular Franciscans, a preacher of parish missions, as vocation director and as a member of the Franciscan novitiate team. He has worked among immigrants from Latin America and Poland and has served as a parish priest in culturally and linguistically diverse communities.  Fr. Kim has worked in Hispanic Ministry, African American ministry and with Byzantine Catholic communities.Questions? Please contact Fr. Joseph Mukuna, SCJ, director of the Dehon Study Center: 414-427-7265, Jmukuna@dehoniansusa.org