On the day following his graduation, Bro.Ron Sibugan, A.A. was conferred the Minor Orders of Lector and Acolyte at the community’s daily Mass by Fr. Miguel Diaz-Ayllon, A.A., provincial of the North American and Philippine Delegation of the Assumptionists, at the Center in Brighton, MA. May the Lord continue to bless Bro. Ron on his faith journey of proclaiming God’s Kingdom as an Assumptionist!

As colleges and universities around New England, the country and world honor their recent graduates, here at the Assumptionist Center in Brighton, MA we have four special reasons to celebrate. During graduation ceremonies this week, Fr. Patrick Bridgman, our resident from New Zealand, received his Licentiate in Sacred Theology, Mr. Dan Finucane, our resident from St. Louis,  Missouri, received his Masters in Theological Studies and Bro. Ron Sibugan, A.A., our Assumptionist brother, received a Masters in Divinity, all from Boston College. A few days later, Mr. Alex McKinley was granted a Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard University. It is with great pride that we congratulate Patrick, Dan, Ron and Alex on their significant academic and pastoral achievements!

At a time where the situation is difficult for the Catholic Church in China and the relationship with the government is more tense, let us pray the Lord for our Brothers and Sisters in China and let us support them concretely in helping for their formation.

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By Anne Sophie Hourdeaux

His name is Gregory Notebaert; the Vietnamese call him Hoàng Phúc, “The happy northerner.” A native of the diocese of Cambrai, in northern France, Gregory is spending two years as a volunteer in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), where he is involved mostly in teaching French.

It was always a dream of his to do volunteer work and finally he is living his dream fully. Before leaving for Vietnam, Gregory was very involved in his diocese, as a musician and a composer of religious songs, and, from 2004-2009, as director the diocesan liturgical music commission.