Missions

Black Friday Becomes Brown Friday

Advent and Christmas, Events, Missions, News, Prayer, Saint Anthony, Saint Francis, Senior Friars

 Our Ministry of Presence at Northgate Mall in Cincinnati is going well.  Here are a few of the stories.   We began on Black Friday (which we re-named Brown Friday) with pretty good crowds. Our Ministry of…

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Volunteers Make Forever Friends in Jackson, KY

Advent and Christmas, Missions, Prayer

Volunteers from St. John the Baptist parish in Harrison, Ohio, outside one of the homes they visit during their annual Christmas trip to Jackson, Kentucky. Friends are Friends Forever!   For the thirteenth year, youth and adults…

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Surviving a Typhoon: Roofs Flew Off Like Kites

Missions, News, Prayer, Uncategorized

The Franciscan friars of the Province of St. John the Baptist have been serving the people of the Philippines for over 60 years.  Br. Philip Wilhelm, OFM, remembers Typhoon Yaling in 1970.   News of the Philippines seems to appear…

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Surviving a Typhoon: Baptism by wind, the Spirit, and water!

Missions, News, Prayer

The Franciscan friars of the Province of St. John the Baptist have been serving the people of the Philippines for over 60 years.  Fr. Blane Grein, OFM, remembers his very first typhoon in 1965.   Fr. Blane…

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Surviving a Typhoon: It's Part of Missionary Life in the Philippines

Missions, News, Prayer

The Franciscan friars of the Province of St. John the Baptist have been serving the people of the Philippines for over 60 years.  Fr. Max Langenderfer, OFM, remembers a typhoon from 1985.   A survivor cries as…

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Surviving a Typhoon: 'There was no warning'

Missions, News, Prayer, Saint Anthony

The Franciscan friars of the Province of St. John the Baptist have been serving the people of the Philippines for over 60 years.  Fr. Dan Kroger, OFM, remembers typhoons from his many years in the Philippines.  

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Our Own St. Anthony Miracle

Missions, Prayer, Saint Anthony

St. Anthony lost (and found) a book that was very important to him; and so did we!   Author Alessandro Manzoni Through the St Anthony web site, we received an email inquiry from Roger Hughes in Campbell, California…

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Typhoon Haiyan: Franciscan Relief Efforts in the Philippines

Missions, News, Prayer, Senior Friars

Praise God that Fr. Harold Geers, OFM, and the other friars survived. A survivor searches for a relative in Tacloban City on Leyte Island in the Philippines on Nov. 11, 2013, after the area was hit by…

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Ten-hut! This Friar is Making his Mark on the Air Force Academy

Missions, Prayer, Saint Anthony, Vocations

  SJB Communications Director Toni Cashnelli visited Fr. Bob Bruno, OFM, at the Air Force Academy last summer. The following is an adaptation of her report from the SJB News Notes June 21,…

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Br. Colin King, OFM

Missions, Saint Francis, Vocations

Colin King, 33, is a spirited young friar in the second year of temporary vows. He is a man who takes life as it presents itself, no matter how big the challenge. He has had some rough experiences in…

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