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Divine Mercy Fraternity
Secular Franciscan Order, Vero Beach, Florida
Fraternity Canonically Approbated 1996
Professed Members and date of Profession
Active Members
1. Fred S. Schaeffer, OFS 10-04-1994
2. Virginia Davis, OFS 11-19-2011
3. Mary Jean McGovern, OFS 07-12-2014
4. Joanne Giordano, OFS 07-15-2017
Charles (Chuck) Roach, OFS (Winter resident: Nov. thru Apr.)
People in Formation
Visitors (Visitors are people who come for the first time to a meeting, in order to discern a vocation to become an Inquirer)
None
Inquirers - None
Candidate Members and Date of Admission
The term of Candidacy is a minimum of 18 months.
-None-
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Lapsed Members (Lapsed members is a new category in the Order, for all who are not Active members, whatever the reason)
Elaine Matthews, OFS 10-04-1994
Edward O'Donnell, OFS 10-17-2004
Both Inactive due to Health
Please pray for new Vocations to our Fraternity. Thanks.
Fraternity Officers/Council Members (exp.02/12/25)
- Minister: Joanne Giordano, OFS
- Vice-Minister, and, *temp. Treasurer:
Jean McGovern, OFS - *Secretary: Virginia Davis, OFS
- Formation Director: Fred Schaeffer, OFS
- *Councilor: Inactive
*Functions re-assigned Nov. '22, due to:
Nancy Thomas, OFS
moved to Orange County Florida
Deceased Members
Obituaries, Recent
(2024) Helen F. Caldarone, OFS
(2023) John H. Matthews, OFS
(2021) John "Jack" Reddy, OFS
(2019) Marie T. Fee, OFS
(2019) Frances Patricia Riordan, OFS
(2018) Peter W. Askin, OFS
(2018) Kathleen Van Buskirk, OFS
(2018) Eugene P. Caldarone, OFS
(2015) Sarah Hardy, OFS
(2013) Benjamin Davis, OFS
Obituaries, Older
(2012) [John] Jack L. Solloway, OFS
(2010) Jeremiah Carey, OFS
(2009) Julie McHugh, OFS
(2008) Jennie M. Donlin, OFS
(2007) George F. Thomas, OFS
(2005) Marcella Ann Richard, OFS
(2000) Jean Kurtz, OFS
(1997) Trudy Thomas, OFS
May they rest in Peace!