Where Two or Three Are Gathered…
In a small group session during a weekend retreat at Mount St. Francis in southern Indiana, a woman talked about her experience in jail. She had found…
Read More San Damiano Legacy Luncheon and Franciscan Partnership Award
On Saturday, April 6, the second annual San Damiano luncheon was held at Mount St. Francis. At the luncheon, we recognized our benefactors in the Kentuckiana area who have notified…
Read More Come Back to God
Fr. David Lenz OFM Conv. likens the Church today to that in the time of St. Francis. St. Francis experienced much change during his lifetime and, because he listened…
Read More Lent Allows Us Time to Focus
St. Francis and the leper Lent is a season where we prepare for the mysteries of Easter. We do this through fasting, prayer and the giving of alms. Fasting can remind…
Read More Border Summit in El Paso
Hope Border Institute, an organization in the Diocese of El Paso, sponsored a summit on immigration from February 25 to 27, 2019. The summit took place along with a…
Read More Getting Ready for Lent
Let’s Prepare to Prepare! Ash Wednesday is approaching quickly (next week – March 6th!) Here is an excerpt of a homily given by Friar Nick Wolfla with some ideas on…
Read More +Fr. Maurus Hauer OFM Conv.
101 Years of Life; Eighty Years of Conventual Franciscan Service On the occasion of his 100th birthday, in 2017, Friar Maurus Hauer OFM Conv. said, “I can look back…
Read More A Letter from Zambia
Dear friends, Sunday Feb. 3rd, 2019 We are living in a time of extremes; may your extreme be peace. We have had rainrainrain so that I can hardly remember…
Read More Fr. David Receives St. George Medal
The National Catholic Committee on Scouting emblem awarded by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Fr. David Lenz OFM Conv. was awarded the St. George Medal at the Religious Emblems Presentation at…
Read More Ciao from Assisi
(Photo by Ingrid Henzler) I begin with sincere and heartfelt thanks to the students and friars I live with at the Franciscanum who welcomed me as a brother and were…
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