MountFest 2019
Celebrating Mount St. Francis A Tradition of Serving Spiritual Needs The fourth annual MountFest, an Experience of Kentuckiana, will be held on Saturday, June 1, from 2pm to 8pm, on…
Read More Franciscan International Award 2019
On Thursday, May 9, the 61st Franciscan International Award was presented to Loaves and Fishes of Minnesota, an organization dedicated to providing nutritious meals to anyone in need, in an atmosphere…
Read More Celebrating Our Brothers
Today we celebrate Religious Brothers Day. But what does that mean? All Franciscans are friars, from the Italian word for brother. The initials a Franciscan places after his name, OFM,…
Read More Palm Sunday in the Southwest
Friar Fr. Charles McCarthy OFM Conv. is serving in the southwest, working with the OFM Friars in and around Albuquerque, New Mexico. Pine Cross from Santo Domingo Pueblo. The palm…
Read More Come Back to God
Fr. David Lenz OFM Conv. likens the Church today to that in the time of St. Francis. St. Francis experienced much change during his lifetime and, because he listened…
Read More We Give God Thanks
“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers…” (Matthew 9:38-38) We give God thanks for the…
Read More Advent and Reconciliation
Traditionally, we begin our “Advent count-down” to celebrate Christmas with the lighting of the purple candles on the advent wreath. We wait with expectation and excited hope to complete…
Read More Happy Thanksgiving
Dear friends, This year the Sunday readings from the Gospel of St. Mark have taken us on a journey with Jesus from the baptism in the Jordan, all the…
Read More Hero of Hope
Congratulations to Fr. Conrad Sutter OFM Conv.! On the evening of November 13th, Friar Conrad Sutter was honored at the 8th Annual Heroes of Hope Celebration “Celebrating Our Community Leaders.” Father…
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