With gratitude to God, the giver of all vocations, we joyfully announce that Br. Shawn Natola will make his first profession of vows this summer. The ceremony will take place on Saturday, July 27, at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church in Yonkers, N.Y

Brother Shawn is concluding his novitiate year at San Lorenzo Seminary in Santa Ynez, Calif., where he has been deepening his relationship with Jesus Christ and experiencing the Capuchin Franciscan gospel life in its fullness. After his profession of vows, he will relocate to St. Michael Friary in Brooklyn, where his post-novitiate will begin. There, he will integrate his prayer life with an active life of service; engage in ministry with the friars; and deepen his Capuchin Franciscan identity. It will also be a time of getting to know the friars of the Province of St. Mary, as Brother Shawn did his postulancy in Wisconsin and his novitiate in California.