Fr. Nathan Linton
Priest for the Capuchin Franciscan OrderFriar Nathan Linton was ordained to the priesthood for the Capuchin Franciscan order by Bishop Jeffrey Haines, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Milwaukee, on Saturday, June 24.
A 2013 graduate of Cumberland High School, he entered Capuchin formation in Chicago, spent a brief period of discernment as a seminarian for the Diocese of Superior, and then returned to the Capuchin order as a postulant in 2015.
He professed first vows in August 2017 and continued his ministry formation and undergraduate studies, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the University of Illinois Chicago in 2019. He professed final vows in 2021, graduated with a Master’s of Divinity degree from the Catholic Theological Union in 2023 and was ordained a deacon at St. Lawrence Seminary High School, where he serves as campus minister and senior dorm supervisor.
Mary Ann Spanjers
SisterSister Mary Ann Spanjers, OSF, says that once she joined the Convent, she realized she had actually been a Franciscan all her life. From her joyful childhood on the farm with immigrant parents, to a decade of teaching in the Diocese of Tucson, Sr. Mary Ann has learned some secrets to growing in holiness, especially through a community of faith.