by Fr. Paul Schloemer, OFM Conv. Over the weekend of 14-16 December, six men joined us for a Vocation Discernment Weekend at Holy Cross Retreats in Las Cruces, New Mexico.…
Fr. Ken Bartsch, OFM Conv., offers a reflection on the Newtown shooting. Instead of placing blame and searching for answers, he speaks about the existence of evil, and the power…
Friar Matthew Malek, OFM Conv. was ordained a transitional deacon on December 12, 2012, at the St. Anthony Shrine Chapel, Ellicott City, MD, by Bishop Denis Madden, Auxiliary Bishop for…
The new Friary for the Conventual Franciscans living at Holy Cross Retreat Center in Mesilla Park, New Mexico, is beginning to take shape. Concrete has been poured, beams are in place,…
by Fr. David Lenz, OFM Conv. 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…
A letter from Friar Phil Ley, OFM Conv. Dear Friends of Posada Guadalupe: Anniversaries are appropriate times for new beginnings, and so, as we begin our seventh year, I thought…
A Letter from Friar Mark Weaver, OFM Conv. Dear Friends, Friar Mark and a volunteer wait with some of the clinic visitors. In 1997 St. Joseph University Parish began a…