On March 19, 2024, the solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M., three young men entered the postulancy program at the Inmaculada Concepción Friary in Bogotá, Colombia.

Friar Sidifredo de la Cruz CHAPARRO GUALDRÓN, the Custos of the Provincial Custody of St. Francis of Assisi in Colombia, presided over the Mass for the event. The friars of the local San Antonio de Padua Friary and Formation House also participated
May God give the postulants the grace to open their hearts and listen, like St. Francis, to the voice of the Lord who invites them to walk close with Him and be made into disciples and missionaries conformed to Jesus Christ and His Gospel.

Friar Fabián A. MARTÍNEZ ARAQUE