Members Attend 'Living Nativity'

Members of St. Joseph Fraternity enjoyed singing Christmas songs, seeing a live reenactment of the Nativity (a Franciscan tradition), and chatting with friars and other Secular Franciscans at Assumption Church in Syracuse on Dec. 15 – in place of the regular monthly gathering.

Members car-pooled to the 2 p.m. event, and returned to the Utica area for a fraternity holiday celebration at 4 p.m. at Symeon’s Restaurant.

Those participating included: Vice Minister General Mary Stronach, OFS; Minister Robert Stronach, OFS; Treasurer Ana Pereira, OFS; Secretary Siosiana Merz, OFS; Formation Director Concetta Carcone, OFS; Cynthia Barres, OFS; Ellen Benton, OFS; Pat Corbeil, OFS; and candidate Lisa Brouillette.

Virginia Pendergast, OFS, joined the group for the dinner at Symeon’s.