Brothers Eduardo Molina (Ed), Vo Tran Dinh (Dinh) and Carlos Melocoton

On August 28, the feast of St. Augustine, in the Chapel of the Holy Sprit, on the campus of Assumption College, in Worcester, Massachusetts, two young men made their first profession of vowsin the presence of Very Rev. Richard Lamoureux, A.A., superior general,who was home on holiday. As Father Richard said in his homily, "how unpredictable life is!" Ten years ago, Eduardo Molina (Ed), a Filipino, was working as a businessman in Bangkok, Thailand and Vo Tran Dinh (Dinh), a Vietnamese, who was suffering under the historical situation in his homeland as he began his theological studies.

Rev. Richard Lamoureux, A.A. and Carlos Melocoton

Rev. Richard Lamoureux, A.A. and Vo Tran Dinh

Rev. Richard Lamoureux, A.A. and Ed Molina

A large crowd of religious, friends, and students gathered to witness their commitment, including a large contingent from St. Anne's and St. Patrick's Parish in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, where they spent their year of novitiate. Shortly Ed will return to the Philippines to join our new foundation there and begin his study of theology while Dinh will move to our Brighton community and begin work on a licentiate in Sacred Theology at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. At the same ceremony, Brother Carlos Melocoton, also Filipino, renewed his vows for the third time. Carlos is entering his third year of Theology at St. John's Seminary in Brighton.