George Sabol

ofs, Ph.D., PE

George Sabol, ofs, is a secular member of the Franciscan order with the Peace Fraternity at the Franciscan Renewal Center. Previously, he was a member of OurLady of the Rosary Fraternity at Saint Maria Goretti Parish in Scottsdale, AZ, where heserved as minister and formation director. He studied Franciscan history and spirituality

during summer programs at the Franciscan Institute of Saint Bonaventure University in Olean, New York. He first visited the mission in Guaymas in 1995 and has since returned more than 100 times serving the needs of the mission and leading visitor groups. He has assisted with service retreats to the mission for high school confirmation classes, university students, and adult groups.

Currently, he manages and leads the pilgrimage program for the Outreach. He has been on the Board of Directors for the Outreach since 2000. For many years, he and his wife, Joyce, operated Sister Luca’s Closet at the Franciscan Renewal Center and managed rummage sales to financially support the mission.

He has been a long-time resident of Arizona and currently splits his time between Phoenix and his home in Farmington, NM. He has engineering degrees from St. Louis University in St. Louis, MO, and Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, CO. He was a member of the graduate faculty of the Civil Engineering Department of New Mexico

State University in Las Cruces, NM, in the 1970s and 1980s. He is a water resources engineer with international experience with water supply and dams. Although partially retired, he continues to provide consulting services regarding dam safety, dam repair, and dam enlargement.

He is married to Joyce, and they have two sons; Dan, a doctor in Farmington, NM, and Mickey who returned to the Lord as a young man. He is the author of a book of meditations, Peace and Good – Franciscan Meditations of the Gospels, and a Christian novel, Bartimaeus, the Blind Beggar of Jericho.