My Solemn Profession as a Conventual Franciscan Friar (OFM Conv.)

My Solemn Profession as a Conventual Franciscan Friar (OFM Conv.), August 2, 1989

(My First Profession of Vows was made on August 15, 1985)

The Formula:

Since for the glory of God, 

the Lord has given me this grace, 

of living more perfectly and with firm will, the gospel of Jesus Christ,

I Friar Timothy Patrick Dore, 

in the presence of the assembled friars, 

and into your hands, Father Daniel, 

vow for the whole time of my life to live in obedience, 

without anything of my own, 

and in chastity, 

according to the Rule of St. Francis, 

confirmed by Pope Honorius III and the Constitutions of the Friars Minor Conventual. 

Therefore, with all my heart I give myself to this brotherhood, 

that through the work of the Holy Spirit, 

the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, our Father Francis, and all the saints, 

and with the help of my brothers, 

I may fulfill my consecration to the service of God and of His Holy Church.

Friar Timothy Patrick Dore, OFM Conv.

Witnesses:

Brother Christian M. Katusz, OFM Conv.

Brother Augustine Mary Kelly, OFM Conv.

Fr. Daniel M. Pietrzak, OFM Conv., Minister Provincial

St. Anthony of Padua Province, USA

St. Joseph Cupertino Friary, Ellicott City, Maryland