Editing Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (section)

====Foundation====
The '''Province of St. Joseph''', originally the province of Calvary, headquartered in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]], was one of the first two Capuchin Provinces to be established in the country in 1882. It was founded by Francis Haas (1826–1895) and Bonaventure Frey (1831–1912), two [[Swiss people|Swiss]] [[diocesan priest]]s who arrived in the United States in September 1856, and were received into the then-[[Archdiocese of Milwaukee|Diocese of Milwaukee]] by [[Bishop]] [[John Henni]], also a Swiss immigrant, and given charge of St. Nicholas Parish which they renamed Mount Calvary. They were later admitted to the Capuchin Order on December 2, 1857, by Antoine Gauchet of the Swiss Province who had been sent to admit them in order to establish the Order in the United States.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/06/28/102516106.pdf | work=The New York Times | title=FATHER HAAS'S LABORS IN WISCONSIN; The Introducer of the Capuchin Order in the United States | date=28 June 1895}}</ref> The friars started [[St. Lawrence Seminary High School]] in 1861 at [[Mount Calvary, Wisconsin]], a school that is still owned and operated by the Capuchin Order.

One of the friars of this province, [[Solanus Casey]], was noted for the holiness of his life, serving as the [[porter (doorkeeper)|porter]] of several Capuchin friaries both in Michigan and [[New York City]] for decades. As a miraculous healing attributed to him was approved by [[Pope Francis]] in mid-2017, he was beatified in [[Detroit]] at [[Ford Field]] on November 18, 2017. This is significant because Casey could become the first male American-born Saint in the history of the Catholic Church. He had previously been declared [[Venerable]] in 1995 by [[Pope John Paul II]]. His tomb is in [[St. Bonaventure Monastery]] in Detroit, and is visited by thousands every year.

{{As of|2011}}, the province has 23 communities spread throughout the [[American Midwest]], reaching from [[Michigan]] to [[Arizona]]. Additionally, there are friars of this province working in [[Central America]], with a community serving in the [[Middle East]].<ref name="thecapuchins.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecapuchins.org/|title=Capuchin Franciscan Province of St Joseph|website=capuchins.org|access-date=2016-06-17}}</ref>