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Collection remembers our retired religious
This weekend is a chance to repay sisters, priests and brothers
Sunday is the annual collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious
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SEW WHAT: Fr. Simeon Keogh does needlework in retirement at St. Fidelis Friary, Appleton. The Capuchin priests and brothers are among the religious men and women in the diocese who will be helped by this weekend's special collection. (Dick Meyer photo)
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By Joanne Flemming
Compass Correspondent
When Br. Cyrus Toschik was a boy growing up in Milwaukee, he went on a retreat with his father at Monte Alverno Retreat Center in Appleton.
Now when he looks out the sunroom window at St. Fidelis Friary, where the 84-year-old has lived in retirement for 10 years, he sees Monte Alverno. His life has come full circle, said Br. Toschik, a Capuchin Franciscan for about 65 years.
St. Fidelis opened 15 years ago as a residence for "upper age" brothers and priests, said Br. Rob Roemer, OFM, Cap., friary coordinator. Four brothers and nine priests live there in
addition to Br. Roemer.
Br. Toschik served in the U.S. Coast Guard three years before joining the Capuchins. He wanted to be a priest, he said, but had problems with the studies.
"I liked the daily prayer routine and everything else about the Capuchins," he said of his decision to become a brother. The community sent him to cooking school and he worked in the kitchen at the order's retreat centers and seminaries. Full story ...
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