Our Beginnings

Br. Michael in First Chapel

The Franciscan Brothers of Peace were founded in 1982 by Brother Michael Gaworski, who desired to live an authentic and radical form of Religious life. Through a life marked by struggle, brokenness, suffering and eventually profound disability, Brother Michael was used by God to form a “brotherhood of love” as our Archbishop has said. For this we are forever grateful to our Lord Jesus Christ, that He would allow us to share in the sufferings of His Cross.

Br. Michael and Br. Paul Found Pro-Life Ministry

Br. Michael spent a little over a year in a minor seminary before discerning that his calling was to the religious life. While in seminary however, he met Paul O’Donnell, who later would join the