Musings from Fr. Dave Third Sunday of Lent March 23, 2014 Welcome spring! I am sure that everyone is happy to say goodbye to winter. I have been thinking about what to plant in my garden this year;…
Read MoreA joyful band of brothers Eleven men were received into the Order of Friars Minor as novices on Aug. 1, 2019 during the US-6 Chapter of Mats in Denver. In the video above, the men share their reactions to…
Read MoreBr. Raphael Ozoude Raphael is in his second year–the novitiate year–with the Province of St. John the Baptist. He is from Lagos, Nigeria, where his parents live and have been living since before he was born. Raphael explains…
Read MoreWhere there’s a will, there’s a way. You may be surprised to learn you can support the Franciscans with a gift that costs you nothing during your lifetime. You won’t have to write a check today, change your lifestyle,…
Read MoreBr. Matt Ryan looks out a window at the Franciscan International Novitiate in Santa Barbara, CA Br. Matt is from Covington, KY, and he entered the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor in August of 2017. 1) What attracted…
Read MoreFr. Jim Van Vurst, OFM One sure sign of growing into maturity is the willingness and ability to “take responsibility for our choices in life.” Obviously, all of us are influenced by many circumstances, some of which are…
Read MoreAuthor Barb Coyle holds her book, “In the Land of “Soon Come” illustrated by 14-year-old Taylor Kling. I wrote in a previous newsletter that Barb had written a children’s book called In the Land of Soon Come. …
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreFr. Blane Grein, OFM celebrated 50 years as a priest in June, 2012. Fr. Blane has devoted almost his entire priestly life to mission work. A year after his ordination in 1962, Fr. Blane began work…
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