Mid-America's First Provincial Chapter (1979)

In the Spring 2009 issue of Provincial Porter, this photo was published very small and many people could not recognize the individuals shown. The copy which is show here can be blown up by clicking on the photo. Shown on the photo are: 1 Benignus Scarry, 2 Lloyd Schmeidler, 3 Dan Schartz, 4 Christopher Popravak, 5 Eugene Pellegrino, 6 David Gottschalk, 7 Earl Meyer, 8 Thomas More Janeck, 9 Julian Haas, 10 Earl Befort, 11 Neal Mahaffey, 12 Chuck Wolfe, 13 Finian Meis, 14 Duane Reinert, 15 Len Schreiner, 16 Valerian Brungardt, 17 Flavian Meis, 18 Ed Judy, 19 Valentine Young, 20 Bill Kraus, 21 Mike Scully, 22 Simon Conrad, 23 Dominic Unger, 24 Jerry Herrera, 25 Vincent Rohr, 26 Mark Mason, 27 Felix Petrovsky, 28 Camillus Schmitt, 29 Benedict Pope, 30 Harold Vogler, 31 Clement Naef, 32 Felix Shinsky, 33 Owen Schellhase, 34 Charles Polifka, 35 Paulinus Karlin, 36 Mark How, 37 Thaddeus Posey, 38 Fidelis McManus, 39 Joseph McGlynn, 40 Mark Linenberger, 41 Didacus Joseph Dunn, 42 Timothy Gottschalk, 43 Rene Bower, 44 Louis Daw, 45 Gilmary Tallman, 46 Gene Emrisek,47 Harvey Dinkel, 48 Alvin Werth, 49 Eric Lindbloom, 50 Blaine Burkey, 51 John Lager, 52 Mike Suchnicki, 53 Greg Beyer, 54 Regis Scanlon, 55 Charles Chaput, 56 Malachy McBride, 57 Jim Moster, 58 Ron Cunnigham, 59 Cyrus Gallagher. I originally thought the whole Province was there, but I found 25 friars missing, 12 of whom were in the missions at the time. The 10 friars missing who are still with us: Bennett Colucci, John Cousins, Don Debes, Myron Flax, Canice Froehlich, Simeon Gallagher, Frank Grinko, Matthew Gross, Pete Meis, Stephen Reichert. Eleven others are in the Eternity Fraternity.