Peace of Christ! I hope you are well. Thanks for all of your warm wishes following my news last week. I am back safe and sound in Oklahoma for a week. During this week, in addition to down-time and fun with friends/family, I need to collect the addresses for the invites to the vow ceremony.
If you would like an invitation (regardless of whether you are coming), please send me your address in the next 2-3 days. Please email those promptly at johnroselle@gmail.com
Also, due to the nature of the vow of poverty we will be taking, the Jesuits request that there not be any gifts given. However, if you would still like to give a gift, let me know, and I will suggest a couple of favorite charities :)
I understand that there is a great likelihood that many of you will not be able to make it (since it is up in St. Paul, MN), but if you any of you are willing and able to be there, it would be a great joy. The Jesuit vow ceremony is quite dramatic and moving. There will also be a number of opportunities for meeting my Jesuit brothers/friends/family, and for celebration. If there is anything I can do to help make the trip more convenient for you (i.e., arranging pick-ups and drop-offs from the airport, carpool, etc.), please don't hesitate to let me know. Below are links for two hotels from which my brothers and I are pursuing a group rate discount (soon to be established). They are both nice and less than two miles away from the where the ceremony will be.
Holiday Inn Express
Best Western
Finally, here is the schedule for the weekend. If you can only make a part of it, that is fine too! Thanks and God bless!
4p-7p: cook-out dinner for guests on lawn of novitiate
8p: vow vigil service
August 13th:
9am: Vow Mass
10:30: reception
5p: Italian dinner hosted by Roselle family
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