Fulfilling a promise they made to each other on the day they were ordained, Friar Wayne Hellmann traveled to Rome to meet with his fellow ordinands from the Seraphicum…

  Grab your sleds and head over to Franciscan Retreats and Spirituality Center in Prior Lake, Minnesota, on Friday, January 26th, for a morning of winter fun. Sledding will be…

  “If we want to find Jesus, we have to overcome our fear of taking risks, our self-satisfaction and our indolent refusal to to ask anything more of life,” Pope…

By Friar David Lenz OFM Conv. Now that the Christmas decorations are stored in boxes and the tree has been dismantled the post-Christmas ‘blues’ may hit us. But, as the…

  Everywhere he served, Friar Lawrence Eberhardt OFM Conv. made everyone feel welcome with his wonderful smile and twinkling eyes, both having their source in his great heart. He was…

  After working 14 years for the US Postal Service, Friar Ambrose Eischens OFM Conv. joined the Conventual Franciscans in his mid-30s. From then on, in his service to God’s…

      As we welcome the Christ Child, let us sit with Mary and ponder with her the mystery of God becoming one of us. Instead of being born…

  With sorrow we report that +Friar Larry Eberhardt passed away early morning December 23. Brother Larry, like Brother Ambrose Eischens who preceded him in death only days before, touched…

  ¿Acaso no soy yo tu madre? ¿No estoy aquí? (Am I not your mother? Am I not here?) The words of the Blessed Mother are as true today as…