Searching for Something that is True
As part of vocation awareness week, we share a conversation with Friar Bryan Hajovsky OFM Conv. who talks about his own vocation, and how we can all take part in…
Read More Feast of All Saints
From the First Letter of St. John: 3 1 See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The…
Read More Solar Panels Installed
Solar panels have been installed on roofs of the buildings at Mount St. Francis. As part of the ongoing Franciscan Earth Care Initiative, this will help bring down utility expenses…
Read More Happy Feast of St. Francis!
Yesterday we commemorated the passing on to Heavenly Life of our Seraphic Father and Brother, St. Francis of Assisi. More than 800 years ago, he heard God’s call and began his…
Read More Transitus – 2019
The transition of St. Francis of Assisi from life to eternal life Later in the evening of October 3rd 1226, the brothers gathered around Francis near the small chapel of…
Read More Heart to Heart
Conversation with the Friars Sometimes it’s just good to have someone there who is willing to listen. On Sunday October 6, the Conventual Franciscan Friars of Louisville and southern Indiana…
Read More Stigmata of St. Francis
From the beginning of his conversion, our holy Father Francis had a very great devotion and veneration for Christ crucified. He never ceased to preach this devotion until his death.…
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The Sultan and the Saint
This year marks the 800th anniversary of the meeting between the Sultan Malik al Kamil and St. Francis of Assisi. Their encounter continues to bring hope that peaceful dialogue, mutual…
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Folding 1,000 Paper Cranes
Fr. Tom Smith OFM Conv. participated in a peace vigil in Mesilla Park, New Mexico, on Monday, September 9, 2019. The vigil was held next to the new Chapel at…
Read More Please Pray for Our Men in Formation
“I want it written at the beginning and the end of the Rule that the brothers are bound to observe the Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ”ST. FRANCIS OF…
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