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Email a FriendWhat a beautiful story! I wish the news would hold more stories of love and personal sacrifice rather than the horror we are often treated to each day. Thank you Rachel for posting this link.
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Twin friars die together
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Friday, June 03, 2011 2:03 PM
I love everything about this story of twin Franciscan friars who spent their entire life together and died together too.
They played together, went to school together, as young men traveled cross-country together—and, in their 20s, joined the Franciscan order together.
And on Wednesday, after 65 years as identical twins wearing the identical brown robes of the Franciscans—mostly at St. Bonaventure University—Brother Julian Riester and Brother Adrian Riester died together at St. Anthony Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. Julian died Wednesday morning, followed by Adrian in the evening.
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Thanks for posting this Rachel. My husband and I went to Bona’s and also worked there later in campus ministry trying to bring more orthodox Catholic example to the students in the dorms and volunteer programs. We knew these friars, and saw them around campus, but probably wouldn’t have heard of this. They have such an inspiring story—what a great reward for their labors!
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