On the frosty morning of February 15 this year at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Mass., a ceremony took place of admitting to the Novitiate of the American Province of the Marians postulant C. Austin Rose.

Austin is 23 years old and was born in Petoskey, Michigan. After completing his study at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, and a one-year working experience in Washington, D.C., he was admitted to the Congregation on August 14, 2023. He spent the last six months at the Marians’ postulancy in Stockbridge. The novitiate headquarters of the American Province is currently located in Steubenville, Ohio, with the newly-appointed Novice Master Fr. Thaddaeus Lancton, MIC.

We commend Austin’s Marian vocation to the prayerful support of our readers and friends.