Br. Tim Lamb (third from right, back row) with men in formation. Br. Tim Lamb, OFM from this Province lives at St. Anthony Friary and serves as Secretary of Formation and Master of the House of Theology for…
Read MoreLet the Franciscans guide you through Lent. ~ So many people wanted the popular pocket-size booklet, Lent with St. Francis, 2017: Meditations and Prayers for Each Day of Lent, that we ran out! But you can read the electronic version…
Read More‘Crucifixion and Saints’ by Fra Angelico (1441-1442) Public domain Fr. Jim Van Vurst, OFM, answers the question of salvation ~ From time to time in talking with good and faithful people, I realize they have a basic…
Read MoreFrank Silva serving in Vietnam in the early 1970’s What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas… Not as far as Las Vegas resident Frank Silva is concerned. ~ The retired U.S. Navy Petty Officer, who has lived…
Read MoreVolunteer Tom Grassa, Sr. Francesca, and Br. Al Mascia filled the Care’avan with hundreds of useful items to be turned into CarePax and distributed on the streets of Detroit You think I’d know better by now. ~…
Read MoreMessage of hope, faith, and mercy resonates ~ Tricia Griffith settles into a pew for a presentation by Fr. Mark Soehner. “This guy is so wonderful I’m recording him,” says Tricia, who hears Mark preach when she…
Read MoreColleen Cushard, Co-Director of Friar Works, has the best job. ~ When I was applying for the job with the Franciscans, I vividly remember Fr. Jim Bok telling me that he had the best job in the Province. …
Read MoreSt. Francis of Assisi loved Christmas and we do too! ~ Provincial Minister Fr. Jeff Scheeler expresses our gratitude in the video above. This holiday season please invite your friends and family to ‘A Franciscan Christmas’ in…
Read MoreBr. Casey Cole, OFM, of Holy Name Province reaches the world through his blog, “Breaking in the Habit.” In this video he answers the Top 10 Questions he gets asked the most often about being a Franciscan friar. Questions…
Read MoreFr. Saleem Amir, OFM, at SJB’s information table for a Missionary Conference held in Cincinnati, Ohio Pakistani friar is at home wherever he goes ~ His first week in Cincinnati, Fr. Saleem Amir, happened upon a birthday party…
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