What happens when a family is divided by deportation and other effects of immigration policy in the US?Holy Cross Retreat Center in Mesilla Park, New Mexico, has offered hospitality…

  Fr. Maurus Hauer celebrated his 100th birthday today at Mount St. Francis. In 1932, in the midst of the Depression, Raymond (his birth name) arrived at Mount St. Francis…

  Yesterday we commemorated the passing on to Heavenly Life of our Seraphic Father and Brother, St. Francis of Assisi. More than 800 years ago, he heard God’s call and began…

  It is in the month of October that we Franciscans celebrate the feast of our founder, St. Francis of Assisi (Oct. 4th). On the evening before his feast day,…

  This weekend we are hosting a Come and See for single men between the ages of 18 to 40 years old. It will be held at the Basilica and…

  This week Friars from Central America, Zambia, India, and the United States are meeting in Honduras and El Salvador in fraternity to discuss our Gospel mission to the world.…

  Clare was not a shrinking violet! She did, however, call herself the “the little plant of Francis.” In 1212, when she was only about nineteen years old, she escaped…