Building Futures with Fun, Faith, and Fitness The Friars Club impacts children in a positive way. Friars Club provides organized athletics (basketball, baseball and volleyball) for 700 boys and girls ages 5-17. All programs focus on values of…
Read MoreThe grotto of Massabielle near Lourdes in France has had 66 Catholic Church approved miracles attributed to it in the 150 years since 14 year old Bernadette Soubirous was visited by visions of the Virgin Mary on that…
Read MoreFriars Brian Menezes and Tyler Grudi participated in the Brothers Walking Together program. Dear Friends, Each year, friars in formation participate in the Brothers Walking Together program—an interprovincial, post-novitiate experience coordinated by the six US provinces in which…
Read MoreWorkers replace the roof of St. Mary of the Angels Church. Aug. 29 marked one year since Hurricane Ida made landfall in the city of New Orleans. It is the same month and day that Hurricane Katrina made…
Read MoreBr. Gabriel plays the piano at the St. Anthony Shrine. Br. Gabriel Balassone recently celebrated his Golden Jubilee and his 80th birthday. After 50 years as a friar, the calm and self-effacing Br. Gabriel says he most…
Read MorePostulants and friars spending time together before social distancing. Franciscan prayer Fr. John Bok, OFM Dear Friends, What a year 2020 has been! In my 84 years, I don’t ever remember anything like it and I…
Read MoreFr. Alex Kratz outside the newly renovated St. Joseph Chapel and Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Pontiac, Michigan It’s taken work, prayers and the grace of God The statues are peeling. The parking lot is…
Read MoreThe Walking Pilgrimage of summer 2009 (L-R) Cliff Hennings, Richard Goodin, Josh Van Cleef, Roger Lopez, and Fr. Mark Soehner. Joshua Van Cleef entered the Franciscan postulancy program with the Province of St. John the Baptist in 2007.…
Read MoreProvincial Minister Fr. Jeff Scheeler, OFM Provincial Minister Fr. Jeffrey Scheeler, OFM, shares (in David Letterman fashion) his “10 things…
Read MoreBarbara Sonnenberg “I loved her dry sense of humor and her ability to engage you in intelligent conversation,” says Sister Ann Bartko, abbess of the Monastery of St. Clare in Cincinnati, of the late Barbara Sonnenberg. “ I…
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