Brothers Ryan Anderson, FSC, Johnathon Emmanuelson, FSC, and Javier Hansen, FSC, from left, middle three, conclude their novitiate year with Regional Novitiate Director Brother Tom Johnson, FSC, left, and Regional Novitiate Sub-director Brother Tom Westberg, FSC, right. (Photo courtesy Br. James Joost, FSC)
Special from Christian Brothers Conference. Five Brothers took significant steps on their vocational journeys this summer by professing vows. Three Brothers professed temporary vows (first vows) at the conclusion of their novitiate year. Brother Javier Hansen, FSC, from the District of San Francisco New Orleans, Brother Ryan Anderson, FSC, and Brother Johnathon Emmanuelson, FSC, both from the Midwest District, professed vows at their Districts’ summer gatherings.
“I am thrilled to deepen my commitment to the Brothers as a vowed religious,” said Brother Johnathon. “I am profoundly grateful to my family and all the Brothers and Partners who have supported me.”
“After vows I have felt more a sense of being a Brother than ever before,” said Brother Javier. “My time as a Brother has been great, and the vows have brought calm to my lived experience of the life I imagined as a Brother.
In the Brothers’ formation, after professing temporary vows for a period of approximately five years, Brothers in initial formation prepare for and request to make perpetual profession (final vows). Brother Kenneth Kalinowski, FSC, and Brother Anwar Martinez, FSC, from the District of Eastern North America (DENA), professed final vows at the DENA Brothers retreat at La Salle University in Philadelphia in July.
