"My husband, Pete, and I have been married 29 years, and we have a daughter, Cara, age 22. We live in central Florida in a rural community. We are originally from Long Island, N.Y. My husband works for a local daily newspaper in circulation promotions and I teach middle grades English and am school Librarian at a Catholic school. I am a professed member of the Holy Family Institute and look forward to making my perpetual vows this year. The H.F.I. has been a tremendous blessing to me. It has given my spiritual life a true focus and meaning. There is no greater blessing."
"Hello, my name is Dean, I'm 43 years old. My wife Theresa and I live in the foothills of NC and have been married for over nineteen years. We have five children, (with one more on the way). We homeschool them all, three which are teenagers! I work in the IT dept. of a manufacturing plant during the day and moonlight as the science teacher at night!I am a professed member in the HFI. I believe that it is a real blessing to me and my family!"
"Hi, we are Roy and Rachel Quinto from Fresno, California. We applied for membership to the HFI only a few months ago and are looking forward to be accepted as Novices at this year's Triduum in Canfield. We have been married 20 years and have an 18 yr. old son in college. We were originally from the Philippines. We consider the HFI as the best thing that happened to us in 1998 and give thanks daily for this precious gift."
"We are Don and Mary Montgomery first year Novices. We are the parents of four grown children and grandparents of three.Don works as a Programmer Analyst and I am the Clinical Director of a Home-Care Agency.Our lives are busy and hectic,Don is frequently out of town and my hours can be very long as I try to work and finish a degree in Management Ethics.The Institute has been a tremendous blessing to us and we have experienced tremendous spiritual growth, peace in very trying circunstances and the fulfillment of a lifetime dream of living the religious life."
"We are Novices in HFI. We live in Palm Bay, Florida, and have been married 24 years. We have one son, Oliver, who is married and in the Marine Corps. Mickey teaches third grade at a local charter school. Ray is disabled and does political work and also some Catholic media work. We do a half hour lay Catholic radio show each Saturday afternoon along with a co-host. About 90 percent of our show deals with our Catholic faith and applying it to secular issues in our daily lives."
"We are Joe and Leona Doffing, married 35 years and the parents of 3 grown children and grandparents of 8, 4 girls and 4 boys. Joe works as a communications technician for a local company and I am a happily retired church secretary. We discovered HFI on this website when we were looking at different organizations. Our decision to join HFI, of which we are first year novices, has been the best decision of our spiritual journey. We would recommend it to any Catholic couple, and in fact do so if given the slightest chance."
"My name is Ruth Spaniel. I am a first year novice in the HFI. I have been married for 27 years. I have seven children, ages 23 to 10. My husband is not involved in the Institute as yet but maybe one day! I attended the Triduum in 1998. It was a wonderful experience, meeting other people who loved God and wanted to learn to follow Him more closely."
"I am 50 years old am a professed member of HFI, my wife as of this time is not a member , we have seven children rangeing from 29 to 14 twin boys and Thank God a grandaughter one month old. (don't make the mistake of asking about her) you know how grandparents are."
"I am a first year novice in the HFI and am looking foward to many happy years in the Institute. My husband of nearly 16 years has just retired from the U.S. Airforce and begun a new job in Northern VA. We homeschool our two children, ages 12 1\2 and 14. We have just moved to Northern VA and really love it. I look forward to hearing from other members of the Institute via e-mail at any time."
"Hi! We are Eva and Zsolt Nagykaldi. We are Hungarians currently living in the US and preparing for novitiate as postulants. We are parents of three: Eszter (4); Domonkos (3) and Katalin (1). Thanks to the Montgomerys, we learned about the HFI, which really represents the traditional - though "cutting edge", unique Catholic spirituality in the Church. We ask God to lead us, so that always His will be done in our lives. We also ask you brothers and sisters to pray for us and for our vocation. Thank you! If you want to know much more about our family and about the country, which we came from, please visit our Family Website at: http://www.angelfire.com/mo/nagykaldi."
"My name is Madeleine Visser. I began my postulancy in the HFI beginning of /99. I am married to Harry and we have 8 children, 5 boys and 3 girls, 8 grandchildren, 3 boys and 5 girls. We live in Stratford, Ontario. A lot of people visit our city because of the Festival Theatre performances each year. Harry is at present not an HFI member. He is a deputy Grand Knight and very much involved in other things.I discovered HFI through our weekly Catholic Paper. I am very much involved in many parish activities and in the communty, which is the choices I made, becoming a member of the HFI is God's choice. I am unable to participate in the Tridium which is held in September, as my husband has other plans for us that weekend. I'll look forward to meet many of you as a way to become more connected with each other, for now through e-mail and in person in the near future. I thank the Lord for calling me and giving me this opportunity." Your sister in Christ, Madeleine
"Hi, We are Gene & Dee Primavera and we live on a small farm in North Lima, Ohio, which is near the Boardman/Youngstown area. We have been married 30 years and have two grown children. Our son Mark and his wife Kathy are expecting their first child in July. Our daughter Patty and her husband Tom have 3 children, twins, David & Marissa, 3 years old and Monica, 1-1/2 years old and they are treasures. We are Perpetually Professed in the Holy Family Institute and feel every good catholic married or widowed should belong to the Holy Family Institute because everything starts with the family, and it should be consecrated to God in every way possible. We have a local group that meets on the farm usually the 3rd Sunday of the month. Some members travel from Akron, Cleveland, Massillon, Medina, Mogadore, Oberlin, Salem, Vienna, and Warren. We have a delightful gathering which includes the Rosary, Mass, our Pauline Prayers, a short talk by Fr. Tom Fogarty concluding with a light meal. If you live near and would like to attend, please call us at 330- 549-2062. Hope to hear from you!"
"We are Joseph and Marie Gallagher, living in Dublin, Ireland. We are both New York City born and raised, but are now happily settled here in Dublin. We have three children, Michael (8), Daniel (5) and Annemarie (3). Joe works in the IT industry and Marie at home. We first discovered the HFI through the Sister Disciples of the Divine Master, who have a chapel of adoration and liturgical centre near our home. And what a discovery! Right now, Marie is a first-year novice and Joe is on extended postulancy. We look forward to hearing from you!" Darlene Creaturo --- DARLENE@TPN.COM Dave Swancer --- dave_1._swancer@medina.freenet.org Una McManus --- umcmanus@aol.com Pam Zimmerman --- PamTec218@aol.com