The last time Valentine’s Day fell on Ash Wednesday and Easter on April Fool’s Day was in 1945. It seems strange when a day of fasting and penance coincides…

  The following is a letter from Br. Tony Droll. He updates us on the new auditorium at the school in Zambia as well as some big plans for the…

  With four Retreat Centers offering a diverse array of programs perhaps it is time for you to schedule some time for yourself, your family, and/or friends. Visit the website…

  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…