fr. michel w. dalton, o.f.m. cap.

Fr. Michel W. Dalton, O.F.M., Cap., was born in Brooklyn, New York but spent most of his childhood living in Stony Point, New York. He is the oldest of five children having three sisters and a brother. He attended Immaculate Conception grade school and then Albertus Magnus High School where he graduated in 1969. Immediately after high school he entered the Capuchin Franciscans making his first Profession of Vows in 1970 and continuing on to college studies at St. Anselm's College in Manchester, New Hampshire. Fr. Mike graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Sociology and a minor in Social Work. Graduate studies where taken at Maryknoll School of Theology in Ossinging, N.Y. followed by priestly ordination in May 1978 at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.

After his ordination, Fr. Mike was assigned as the Vocation Director for the New York and New England Area of his province. For six years he served in his position while also teaching in Formation Program for the Capuchins. In 1979 he began his association with the friars of the Vice Province Star of the Sea (Guam & Hawaiian Islands) and has served there in the capacity of pastor, councilor and Vice-Provincial for the friars. In August of 1997 he has assigned as the Pastor of St. Elizabeth Parish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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