It is with great pride and joy that we announce the election of Fr. John L. Franck, A.A. to the General Council of the Augustinians of the Assumption.  The election took place on May 12, 2011 in Rome during the congregation’s 32^nd General Chapter.  Fr. Franck, a delegate to the chapter, has been vocation director for the U.S. Region for the Assumptionists, superior of the local community of Emmanuel House in Worcester, MA, vice chairman of the Assumption College’s Board of Trustees and past provincial of the congregation’s American province.