Five Months As A Barnabite Postulant

August 3, 2008 marked the five month anniversary in my life as a postulant for the Barnabite Brotherhood. Each day of these past five months have been a blessing for me. I have received blessings that I never thought were possible and I am slowly discovering more talents within myself thanks to the direction and the advice of the confreres that I am blessed to share family life with. I would use the word community, but the Barnabites are so much more to me than just a religious community. They are and have become actual family. I am indebted in a large way to all of my confreres here at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. Everyone here has gone out of their way to make me feel at home and welcome in this milieu. I thank the Lord for all of you!