Casey Cole, OFM is an American Franciscan friar, Catholic priest, writer, and blogger.
10 Facts About Casey Cole
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Casey Cole grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, before moving to Cary, North Carolina.
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Casey Cole was a parishioner at St Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Cary.
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Casey Cole attended Green Hope High School and, in 2011, graduated from Furman University with a degree in religious studies and a minor in poverty studies.
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Casey Cole was received as a Franciscan novice in August 2012, where, in 2013, he made his first profession with novices from seven North American provinces in Burlington, Wisconsin at the Franciscan Interprovincial Novitiate.
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Casey Cole studied at The Catholic University of America from 2013 to 2016, working towards a master of divinity degree.
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In 2016, Casey Cole began serving at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Durham, a Franciscan parish, and professed his final vows as a Franciscan friar in 2017.
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On June 22,2019, Cole was ordained a priest of the Franciscan Order by Luis R Zarama, the Bishop of Raleigh, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.
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Since 2020, Casey Cole has served as the chaplain of Mount de Sales Academy in Macon, Georgia.
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Casey Cole has written three books, Called: What Happens After Saying Yes to God, Let Go: Seven Stumbling Blocks to Christian Discipleship, and The Way of Beatitude: Living Radical Hope in a World of Division and Despair.