“Good to be seen, brother.”
Started by our own Br. Jim Fields 40 years ago. The Franciscan Kitchen in Louisville, KY serves over 400 meals daily. Hello, I am Friar Jaime Zaragoza. I have just…
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Fr. Joe West celebrates the Eucharist, pre-pandemic, with his parishioners at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Clarksville, IN By Friar Joe West OFM Conv. Parish Priest at St.…
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Pilgrims create a “sea of candles” in Carey, OH for the Procession of Our Lady, the night before the 2019 Feast of the Assumption. By Friar Randy Kin OFM Conv.…
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By Friar Ken Bartsch OFM Conv. Chaplain at the VA Hospital in Louisville, KY An elderly doctor at the VA, a veteran of Vietnam, remarking about the COVID epidemic, told…
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By Friar Paul Schloemer OFM Conv. Vocations Director in Silver Springs, MD Pope Francis quotes St. Anthony in his exhortation to us to “see the Lord!” And certainly, recognizing Christ…
Read More St. Anthony – Example Through The Ages
By Friar Mario Serrano OFM Conv. 2020 marks the 800th year of “St. Anthony’s conversion.” In 1220, a young Augustinian friar named Fernando was moved by the missionary spirit of…
Read More In memory of +Br. John Mauer OFM Conv.
Following St. Francis in Serving Those On The Margins of Society Brother John Maurer always made time for the people most others ignore. He could be frank in describing life…
Read More Friar Paul Clark, OFM. Conv., UofL nursing faculty member, to be inducted as a Fellow in the Academy of Emergency Nursing
Frari Paul Clark OFM Conv. has been selected as a Fellow in the Academy of Emergency Nursing. In addition to being one of our friars, he also holds a…
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