In his last testimony in 1226, St. Francis of Assisi wrote with a tone of surprised joy that, “The Lord gave me brothers!” The saint marveled that God would call so many men to join him in this new, mendicant way of life at the service of the poor. By summer’s end, his modern-day followers, the Capuchin Franciscans of the Province of St. Conrad, will echo that same cry of joy, having celebrated