He was a scholar of theology, an amateur historian, and a self-taught canon lawyer, but Fr. Giles Carie, OFM Conv., was first and always a Conventual Franciscan Friar. Born George…
A group of former Mount St. Francis students gathered in the Twin Cities on April 1, 2012. They met at RedRossa Italian Grille in Bloomington for a few hours of…
By: Friar Jim Kent, OFM Conv. This stain-glass image depicts St. Francis receiving the sacred Stigmata, the wounds of Christ on the hands, feet and side. Francis was drawn so…
Father Peter Nickels, OFM Conv., died Saturday, February 11, 2012, in Mesilla Park, NM. A native of Lansing, MI, he was born Harold Robert Nickels, June 20, 1934, to Harold…
L to R: Friar Jim Kent, Friar Edgar Ramirez Arias (newly elected Custos) The Friars of the Custody of Mary, Mother of the Poor (MMP), in Central America, celebrated an…