The state of Kerala in southern India is experiencing record-breaking flooding and heartbreaking loss-of-life and property.   The Kolbe Franciscan Ashram and other friaries in the area are sheltering…

Priest and Martyr Saint Maximilian Kolbe OFM Conv. was a Polish Conventual Franciscan Friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the German death camp of Auschwitz.…

A Saint for Today August 11th is the Feast Day for St. Clare. Friar John takes this opportunity to send a big thank you to the Poor Clares and explains…

  Please join us for the annual Novena in honor of Our Lady of Consolation, now through August 15, taking place at the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady…

A Teaching Trip to Africa Listen to the latest episode of our podcast Franciscan Voice. Friar Paul Clark talks with us about his recent trip to Tanzania and shares some…

A Response to ‘Mass is boring’ How would you have felt if your Mom changed the menu of your favorite holiday meal? Traditions are a sacred part of each family’s…

  On Thursday, July 12th, five men were invested in the Conventual Franciscan habit. Investiture took place at St. Francis of Assisi Novitiate in Arroyo Grande, California. For a year…

by Friar Mario Serrano On Monday July 9, 2018, in the chapel of St. Bonaventure Friary, Chicago, Illinois, eight men gathered before a replica of the San Damiano Cross to…

Remarks to Senator Tom Udall and Senator Martin Heinrich, after being denied entry to the detention facility in Tornillo, Texas June 22, 2018 My name is Fr. Tom Smith. I…