Novices Head West
Our Conventual Franciscan novices began their journey west today. They were sad to say goodbye to the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration, who have supported for many years…
Read More A Pilgrimage of Prayer
Fr. Jim Kent offering your petitions and placing them at the Tomb of St. Francis in Assisi. I felt quite honored and humbled to take your petitions with me to…
Read More Our Lady of Consolation
May 25th, Our Lady of Consolation Feast Day – The title of Our Lady of Consolation, or Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted, comes from the Latin Consolatrix Afflictorum and is…
Read More Retreat Centers Celebrate
Franciscan Retreats and Spirituality Center in Prior Lake, Minnesota, continues its celebration of 50 years of retreat ministry with the installation of a nine circuit labyrinth. On April 20, Lisa…
Read More Franciscan International Award Dinner
by Friar Bob Roddy 260 friends of Franciscan Retreats and Spirituality Center gathered at the Wilds Golf Club in Prior Lake, Minnesota on May 5, 2016 for the 58th Franciscan…
Read More “One of these days I am going to die. But it won’t be today!”
Sixth Sunday of Easter May 1, 2016. (a reflection from Fr. John Curran, OFM Conv. – Fr. John is living currently in El Paso, Texas, and is an Associate Pastor at…
Read More I was a stranger and you welcomed me
Fr. Phil Ley stands outside of Posada Guadalupe Posada Guadalupe, a shelter in San Antonio, Texas, was founded as a response to Jesus’s challenge at the end of St. Matthew’s…
Read More The Joy of Love, God’s Gift to All
After years of preparation and a two-part Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis has released an Apostolic Exhortation entitled “The Joy of Love.” During this Holy Year, the Jubilee of Mercy,…
Read More Friar Mario Serrano, OFM Conv., Ordained a Transitional Deacon
Friar Mario Serrano serves as director of campus minister at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. Friar Mario Luevano Serrano, OFM Conv. was ordained a transitional…
Read More So What Does a Brother Do?
Friar Ian Bremar, OFM Conv. by Friar Ian Bremar, OFM Conv. And the Lord gave me brothers…St. Francis When I tell people I’m a Franciscan brother, one of the responses…
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