have embarked on this spiritual journey with companion sisters and brothers across the globe. Having conducted spiritual exercises in the United States, Italy, Canada, Philippines, England, Hong Kong and Germany, we have journeyed with almost two thousand people. We are still on the road, hoping to continue our collaborative pilgrimage. On our website we share with you our ministry in its various forms.
André Cirino, OFM: I am a friar minor of the Province of the Immaculate Conception, New York. My academic background includes: BA, Immaculate Conception College 1963; MA West Virginia University, Counseling, 1968; STM, Woodstock Jesuit School of Theology, 1975. My ministerial experience includes parish work, Franciscan formation, education, publication and spiritual assistant for the Secular Franciscans of the Little Portion Fraternity. I have also worked at the Little Portion Retreat House for the poor in Bronx, New York. Since 1984 I have conducted pilgrimages to Italy, Prague, England, Mallorca, France, Germany and the California Missions. I lectured at the Franciscan International Study Centre, Canterbury, England.
André R.Cirino, OFM
Immaculate Conception Church
53 Winter Hill Road
Tuckahoe, NY 10707-4399
email: andrerobc@gmail.com
Josef Raischl, OFS: I was born in Bavaria, Germany. As a married Secular Franciscan I live with my wife Bernadette in Dachau near Munich and we have three young, adult children – Jona, Elia, Chiara. I am director of Christopher’s Hospice in Munich (www.chv.org). My graduate studies encompass both philosophy and theology from the Catholic University of Eichstätt and the Franciscan International Study Centre, Canterbury, England, as well as an MA in Social Work in Munich. I did my post-graduate studies in Franciscan Spirituality in Rome at the Capuchin Franciscan Institute at the Pontifical University Antonianum.