© Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Southwest Franciscan Missions Development Office 2016
Brother Bruce in Vietnam 2020
Southwest Franciscan Missions Development Office
Province of our Lady of Guadalupe
Brother Bruce Michalek has once again returned to Vietnam again this year to teach English to Franciscan
Seminarians there. He is regularly sending back news and photos about his experiences, which are very
colorful and interesting.
2016
Newsletter #1 - January 24, 2016 - "Franciscan Novitiate Dalat, Vietnam - Homecoming Week"
Newsletter #2 - February 16, 2016 - "The Frequent Flyer Friar - Itinerant Thoughts of Thailand"
Newsletter #3 - February 22, 2016 - "A Quiet Week at Home
Newsletter #4 - March 1, 2016 - "They're Back!..."
Newsletter #5- March 8, 2016 - "Hello Vietnam!..."
Newsletter #6 - March 13, 2016 - "Hello and Goodbye!..."
Newsletter #7 - March 20, 2016 - Palm Sunday "A Simple Gift and a Profound Lesson . . .."
Newsletter #8 - March 28, 2916 - Easter - "The Triduum in a Foreign Land..."
Newsletter #9 - April 3, 2016 - "Packing Up Memories..."
Newsletter #10 - April 11, 2016 - "Time to Say Goodbye..."
2015
Newsletter #1 - January 25, 2015 - "A Safe Delivery"
Newsletter #2 - February 1, 2015 - "You Say To-Ma-To and I say To-Ma-To
Newsletter #3 - February 8, 2015 - "Let the Good Times Roll"
Newsletter #4 - February 15, 2015 - "A Land of Contrasts"
Newsletter #5 - February 22, 2015 - "Tet - A Right to be Merry
Newsletter #6 - March 1, 2015 - "It's the Small Things that Count"
Newsletter #7 - March 8, 2015 - "On the Treadmill of Life"
Newsletter #8 - March 15, 2015 - "A Day in the Week"
Newsletter #9 - March 22, 2015 - "A Humble Patron"
Newsletter #10 - March 29, 2015 - "Under the Radar...A Quiet Procession"
Newsletter #11 - April 7, 2015 - "The High Holy Days and the River of Life..."
Newsletter #12 - May 3, 2015 - "Vietnam Epilogue"
Click here to see the entire article Brother Bruce quoted from his “Vietnam Epilogue” Newsletter
Newsletter #1 - January 25, 2017 - "Hello,Goobye…Hello”
Newsletter #3 - February 5, 2017 - “Rain Lord, Oh Rain Lord”
Newsletter#4 - February 13, 2017 - “Home, at Last!”
Newsletter #5 - February 19, 2017 - “Settling In”
Newsletter #6 - March 1, 2017 - “Return to Me with Your Whole Heart”
Newsletter #7 - March 5, 2017 - “Renewing Friendships”
Newsletter #8 - March 12, 2017 - “Brought to My Knees…”
Newsletter #9 - March 20, 2017 - “A Time to Celebrate…”
2017
2018
Newsletter #1 - January 28, 2018 - “My Capistrano”
Newsletter #2 - February 4, 2018 - “The Anticipation is Growing”
Newsletter # 3 - February 11, 2018 - “We are One Body”
Newsletter #4 - February 18, 2018 - “Rejoice in the Lord Always”
Newsletter #5 - March 2, 2018 - “Laos, the Country Cousin of Vietnam”
Newsletter #6 - March 12, 2018 - “Come Back to Me with All Your Heart”
Newsletter #7 - March 19, 2018 - “Our Protector and Guide”
Newsletter #8 - March 25, 2018 - “the Journey to the Cross Begins
- Palm Sunday”
Newsletter #9 - April 1, 2018 - “Grace-Filled Moments - The Easter Triduum”
Newsletter #10 - April 13, 2018 - “Time to Say Goodbye”
2019
Newsletter #2 - February 3, 2019 - “Let the Celebration Begin”
Newsletter #3 - February 10, 2019 - “From the Beginning to the End”
Newletter #4 - February 17, 2019 - “Far East Meets the Southwest”
Newsletter #5 - February 24, 2019 - “And the Lord Gave Me Brothers”
Newsletter #7 - March 9, 2019 - “Getting Started 2”
Newsletter #8 - March 18, 2019 - “Right Church - Wrong Pew”
Newsletter #9 - March 24, 2019 - “A Beacon of Hope”
Newsletter #10 - March 31, 2019 - “VIetnam Retrospective”
Newsletter #13 - April 21, 2019 - “Alleluia!…He is Risen”
Newsletter #14 - April 28, 2019 - “Time to Say Goodbye…”
2020
Newsletter #2 - January 26,2020 - “Chuc Mun Nam Moi -
Happy New Year (the year of the Rat)”
Newsletter #3 - February 2, 2020 - “It Takes a Village…”
Newsletter #4 - February 9, 2020 - “Here I Am Lord…”
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© Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Southwest
Franciscan Missions Development Office 2016
About
Brother Bruce in Vietnam 2020
Southwest Franciscan Missions
Development Office
Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Brother Bruce Michalek has once again returned to Vietnam again
this year to teach English to Franciscan Seminarians there. He is
regularly sending back news and photos about his experiences,
which are very colorful and interesting.
2016
2015
Click here to see the entire article Brother Bruce quoted
from his “Vietnam Epilogue” Newsletter
2017
Newsletter #1 - January 25, 2017 - "Hello,Goobye…Hello”
Newsletter #3 - February 5, 2017 - “Rain Lord, Oh Rain Lord”
Newsletter#4 - February 13, 2017 - “Home, at Last!”
Newsletter #5 - February 19, 2017 - “Settling In”
Newsletter #6 - March 1, 2017 “Return to Me with Your Whole Heart”
Newsletter #7 - March 5, 2017 “Renewing Friendships”
Newsletter #8 - March 12, 2017 “Brought to My Knees…”
Newsletter #11 - April 3, 2017 - The Beginning of the End…
Newsletter #12 - April 9, 2017 - Time to Say Goodbye…
Newsletter #1 - January 24, 2016 - "Franciscan Novitiate Dalat,
Vietnam - Homecoming Week"
Newsletter #2 - February 16, 2016 - "The Frequent Flyer Friar
- Itinerant Thoughts of Thailand"
Newsletter #3 - February 22, 2016 - "A Quiet Week at Home
Newsletter #4 - March 1, 2016 - "They're Back!..."
Newsletter #5- March 8, 2016 - "Hello Vietnam!..."
Newsletter #6 - March 13, 2016 - "Hello and Goodbye!..."
Newsletter #7 - March 20, 2016 - Palm Sunday "A Simple Gift
and a Profound Lesson . . .."
Newsletter #8 - March 28, 2916 - Easter - "The Triduum in a
Foreign Land..."
Newsletter #9 - April 3, 2016 - "Packing Up Memories..."
Newsletter #10 - April 11, 2016 - "Time to Say Goodbye..."
Newsletter #1 - January 25, 2015 - "A Safe Delivery"
Newsletter #2 - February 1, 2015 - "You Say To-Ma-To and I
say To-Ma-To
Newsletter #3 - February 8, 2015 - "Let the Good Times Roll"
Newsletter #4 - February 15, 2015 - "A Land of Contrasts"
Newsletter #5 - February 22, 2015 - "Tet - A Right to be Merry
Newsletter #6 - March 1, 2015 - "It's the Small Things that Count"
Newsletter #7 - March 8, 2015 - "On the Treadmill of Life"
Newsletter #8 - March 15, 2015 - "A Day in the Week"
Newsletter #9 - March 22, 2015 - "A Humble Patron"
Newsletter #10 - March 29, 2015 - "Under the Radar...A
Quiet Procession"
Newsletter #11 - April 7, 2015 - "The High Holy Days and the
River of Life..."
Newsletter #12 - May 3, 2015 - "Vietnam Epilogue"
2018
Newsletter #1 - January 28, 2018 - My Capistrano
Newsletter #2 - February 4, 2018 - The Anticipation is Growing
Newsletter # 3 - February 11, 2018 - We are One Body
Newsletter #4 - February 18, 2018 - “Rejoice in the Lord Always”
Newsletter #5 - March 2, 2018 - “Laos, the Country Cousin of
Vietnam
Newsletter #6 - March 12, 2018 - “Come Back to Me with All Your
Heart”
Newsletter #1 - January 27, 2019 - “The Chopsticks Saved Me”
Newsletter #2 - February 3, 2019 - “Let the Celebration Begin”
2019
Newsletter #7 - March 9, 2019 - “Getting Started 2”
Newsletter #8 - March 18, 2019 - “Right Church - Wrong Pew”
Newsletter #9 - March 24, 2019 - “A Beacon of Hope”
Newsletter #10 - March 31, 2019 - “VIetnam Retrospective”
Newsletter #11 - April 7, 2019 - “From the Testament of Francis”
Newsletter #12 - April 14, 2019 - “Blessigs from Above
Newsletter #13 - April 21, 2019 - “Alleluia!…He is Risen”
2020
Newsletter #2 - January 26,2020 - “Chuc Mun Nam Moi -
Happy New Year (the year of the Rat)”
Newsletter #3 - February 2, 2020 - “It Takes a Village…”
Newsletter #5 - February 16, 2020 - “Different Strokes for
Different Folks…”
Newsletter #6 - February 23, 2020 - “St. Theresa’s Prayer…”
Newsletter #7 - March 1, 2020 - “Prayer, Fasting, Almsgiving…”
Newsletter #8 - March 8, 2020 - “Surrealistic Hoi An…”
Newsletter #8 - March 15, 2020 - “ Dear Diary…”
