Serving the poor

Fr. John Bok, OFM We are excited to share some wonderful news with you! In October 2023, our Cincinnati province will join five other US provinces to become one really big Franciscan family named Our Lady of Guadalupe…

Fr. Colin King, OFM, with children in Revival, Jamaica. On Giving Tuesday, we raised $6,200 for our efforts to help build the Infant (3-6 year old’s) school in Revival, Jamaica.  We’re off to a great start.  Fr. Colin…

Br. Bill Spond, OFM, serves a client at the St. Anthony Center Can we count on your support? Dear Friends, Thank you for your faithful and continued support of our work. We are truly blessed to have individuals…

Lots of smiles in Jamaica Right before Thanksgiving this year, I visited Fr. Jim Bok, OFM, Fr. Colin King, OFM, and Br. Steve Dupuis, OFM, in Jamaica. It was November and still in the 90s and as humid as…

Sr. Ann Marie Quinn, OSF, and Br. David Crank, OFM, at the St. Anthony Center in Cincinnati. Br. David Crank’s goal is “to project the loving presence of Francis and God.” That’s his job, the work for which…

The Sarah Center, a program of St. Francis Seraph Ministries, is the 2019 Recipient of all proceeds from the National Women’s History Month Festival II held in Cincinnati, March 1 – 31. The…

Franciscans friars have the opportunity to serve in many ways—through traditional priestly parish roles, or by mixing their vocations with their professions in different settings. Appalachian School of Law Br. Michael Charron, a Franciscan friar at the…

Fr. Colin King with the parishioners of St. Mary’s Church in Revival, Jamaica For years the Franciscans have worked to combat hunger, get kids to school, and bring the Gospel to people in Jamaica.  The busy St. Anthony…

They learned what it was like to live in poverty, says Fr. Clifford Hennings (top row center) Changing our perception of others Lent is a wonderful time to get our house in order, to ask more of ourselves,…