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Youths at a Colegio in Olancho
Youths from a “colegio” (Spanish for a secondary school) in Olancho associated with Fr. Casimir. This photo from one of the death commemorations that happen annually. — Fray Juan Alonzo Pagoada Acosta, OFM CONV...
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A round carving of the sun that Fr. Casimir made during his mission in Honduras. Could it possibly have been to accompany the poem he wrote for Juanita Kloepke?— Fray Juan Alonzo Pagoada Acosta, OFM CONV...
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A carving of a bird, surrounded my Honduran motifs that Fr. Casimir made during his mission in Honduras.–Fray Juan Alonzo Pagoada Acosta, OFM CONV...
Continue readingMissionary Cross of Fr. Casimir
This is the missionary cross with which Fr. Casimir arrived in Gualaco for the mission during the third week of October 1974. Fortunately, it was found and recovered as there is almost nothing of his belongings remaining from his time in Honduras. — Fray Juan Alonzo Pagoada Acosta, OFM CONV...
Continue readingTestimony of the Life of Fr. Casimir by Thomas Luchetti
Testimony provided by Thomas Luchetti about Fr. Casimir - Nov 2012...
Continue readingDr. Mike Gable’s stories of time with Fr. Casimir in Honduras
Stories from Dr. Mike Gable on his time with Fr. Casimir in Honduras...
Continue readingFriar Casimir CYPHER: An Ordinary Life Made Extraordinary
This post is from July 9, 2022 on the Friars Minor Conventual website here…https://www.ofmconv.net/en/fra-casimiro-cypher-una-vita-ordinaria-resa-straordinaria/ Have you ever wondered how to make the ordinary things in your life extraordinary? That is what Friar Casimir CYPHER did in his lifetime. On June 25, 1975, he was murdered, along with thirteen others, in Olancho, Honduras. On June...
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Murdered in Central America: The stories of Eleven U.S. Missionaries by Donna Whitson Brett and Edward T. Brett. Fr. Casimir is the first entry....
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