Saint Francis

  Fr. Carl Langenderfer, OFM grew up in a suburb outside of Cincinnati.  He is the oldest of five children, two brothers and two sisters.  One of his brothers, Fr. Max Langenderfer is also a Franciscan friar serving in our…

TRIED BY FIRE   Fr. Mark Soehner, OFM Director of Franciscan Postulants, Fr. Mark Soehner is a survivor in more ways than one.  While pastoring an inner city parish in Detroit, MI., he took an antiquated elevator from…

“I see each question, whether with a personal problem or something about scripture or theology as very important and when I am at my computer I often imagine the person to whom I am writing as if I were talking…

A friend indeed. Helene writes about her friendship with “St. Tony”   Dear Editors St. Anthony of Padua My favorite saints are St. Francis of Assisi, St. Theresa of the Little Flower, and

 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…

Nativity at St. Anthony Shrine St. Francis would often meditate on the Poverty of the Incarnation and the great love God has for us.  He is credited with popularizing the Nativity…

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…

St. Francis loved all of creation – Pet Blessings are a joyful event In his lifetime, he was known simply as “Il Poverello,” the poor one. Yet few poor men in the history of the…

The postulants A Different Kind of Summer Camp During the summer, the postulants of all seven U.S. provinces gather at “Camp Bonaventure,” the tongue-in-cheek name for summer school at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, New York.    “We…

After a Latin American Jesuit was elected yesterday, we asked SJB friars what qualities and talents they thought the new Pope should possess. Some talked about their hopes and expectations. Others just wanted to share their elation  …