Celebrating 100 Years With Joy and Renovation
On Saturday, October 25, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Tortugas, New Mexico, will celebrate its centennial. A full day of festivities begins at 8:30 a.m. with groups of dancers…
Read More A Realistic Look into the Life of a Friar
by Friar John Bamman, OFM Conv.- Vocation Director September 19th to 21st five men attended the Vocation Retreat at the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in…
Read More Celebrating St. Francis of Assisi
L to R: Fr. Joseph West, OFM Conv. (pastor at St. Anthony of Padua); Bishop Christopher Coyne; Fr. Jim Kent, OFM Conv. (Minister Provincial for the Province of Our Lady…
Read More Happy Feast of St. Francis
The commemoration of the Transitus, the night St. Francis of Assisi passed from earthly to eternal life, was celebrated on the evening of October 3 in the Chapel at Mount…
Read More Tigua Traditional Cane Ceremony at Ysleta Mission
On Saturday, September 20, in a celebration of the rich heritage of Ysleta Mission in El Paso, Texas, two new traditional council members of the Tigua Tribe received the canes…
Read More Beatification of Friar Francis Zirano
On October 12, 2014 Pope Francis will be listing the ‘Servant of God’, Friar Francis Zirano, a Conventual Franciscan Friar, among the ranks of the blessed. Friar Francis Zirano, born…
Read More Friar Bryan Hajovsky, OFM Conv. Professes Solemn Vows
Joined by family, friends, and Conventual Franciscan Friars from around the country, Friar Bryan Hajovsky, OFM Conv. professed his solemn vows on Friday, August 22, at the Basilica and National…
Read More Rite of Entry into Postulancy
On Saturday, August 16, the Formation Community of San Damiano in San Antonio, Texas, formally accepted Jaime Zaragoza as a Postulant for the Province of Our Lady of Consolation. With…
Read More Annual Pilgrimage and Novena at Shrine
Once again, thousands of pilgrims converged on the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey, Ohio, for the annual Novena and pilgrimage. Though the week began…
Read More +Fr. Sebastian Cunningham, OFM Conv.
Soldier, Friar, Man of God, all his life Friar Sebastian Cunningham, OFM Conv. followed the path of Francis, the little poor man of Assisi. Fr. Sebastian died August 12, 2014…
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