b'I nquiring minds among friends and colleaguesI DO BELIEVE THAT ALL in Hawaii had a few questions for Marianist Brother Edward (Ed) Brink when they learned that his new ministry would be taking him toTHE WORK IVE DONE Dayton, Ohio.HAS BEEN FORMATIONDid you have a choice in this?Did you have to leave?IN SOME FORM.Could you have stayed? His answer: Godthrough the Marianists Brother Ed Brink, SM was calling. Taking on a new ministry was an easy Yes.for forming young men in faith and guiding So, I said to people, The brothers have beenthem toward lives as Marianist religious. really good to me, and this is an opportunity toGod-willing, as they say, young men inreally give back, said Bro. Ed, who was the viceNovitiate profess first vows after their second president of mission at Chaminade Universityyear as novices. Then, after three to six yearsof Honolulu at the time. Im willing to do it,of ministry, they profess final vows, a lifelong to make that change.commitment to the Marianists. The change puts Bro. Ed as the director ofBro. Ed professed first vows in 1985 and final novices for the Marianist Province of the Unitedvows in 1988. In giving back, hell be paying it States, at Mount Saint John on the outskirts offorward by guiding young men on journeys to Dayton. He and assistant director Marianistreligious life, just as he was formed as a young Father Charles (Kip) Stander will be responsibleman in the mid-1980s. PHOTOS BY JULIE WALLINGThe Novitiate Community poses by a statue of Our Lady of the Pillar. They are, from left: Father Kip Stander, SM;Brother Tom Wendorf, SM; novice Paul Pruski; Brother Tom Redmond, SM; and Brother Ed Brink, SM.marianist.com/donate13'