Author: Edwin Dorzweiler
Born: 1894
Died: 30 May 1973
Bio: Edwin Dorzweiler, OFM, Capuchin (St. Conrad Province) was born in 1894 and ordained to the priesthood by James Cardinal Gibbons (of Baltimore) and celebrated his first Mass at St. Catharine's Church, Catharine, NY (http://www.dcdiocese.org/images/necrology/KarlinGeorge4-21-82.pdf, last visited 16 Jan 2017).  In 1935, he founded the Catholic Evidence Guild of St. Francis in western Kansas, which was active in the work of street preaching, by both laymen and priests.  The Guild also developed weekly radio broadcasts called the Catholic Evidence Hour (Franciscan Studies New Series, Vol. 2, No. 1 (MARCH 1942), pp. 72-74).  He was serving in the St. Augustine Province in the early 1970s and one of his ministries was as the Spiritual Director of the newly-formed Secular Franciscan Fraternity of St. Conrad, located at the St. Conrad Friary, Annapolis, MD (St. Conrad Secular fraternity historical records).  He died May 30, 1973 (St. Augustine Province Directory of Friars, 2017, p. 45).