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Twelve are Invested in the Franciscan Habit
Wednesday, July 19, twelve men expressed their desire to live for a year as Conventual Franciscan Novices and received the Franciscan habit. The investiture ceremony took place in the Conventual...
View ArticleThe Joy of Franciscan Commitment
Fr. John Bamman talks with the three young men preparing to make their Simple Vows tomorrow (Friday, July 21, 2017.) This phase of formation normally lasts three years. During this time the Friar...
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Congratulations to Pedro, Alberto, and Calin!
Friday, July 21, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in El Paso, Texas, Alberto Bravo, Calin Vidaurri, and Pedro Lopez professed their temporary vows of Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience. These vows are...
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A Year and a Day
by Friar David Lenz, OFM Conv. Fr. David Lenz, OFM Conv. On July 19, 2017, twelve men were invested in the Franciscan habit at the Conventual Franciscan Novitiate in Arroyo Grande, California. This...
View ArticlePraying, Eating, Experiencing God’s Love
Jesus says to come aside and rest for a while, and Franciscan Retreats supply the opportunity. With stories of his own experience as a retreat director, Friar Bob Roddy explains how in the course of a...
View ArticleNovena for the Assumption of Mary
Please join us for the annual Novena to Our Lady of Consolation, now through August 15, taking place at the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey, Ohio. Friar Fr. Paul...
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+Fr. Simon Sauer, OFM Conv. – A Man of Compassion for the Poorest of the...
Beloved missionary, sought-after confessor, and dedicated chaplain, Fr. Simon Sauer combined a Franciscan spirit of compassion and love for God’s people with a sense of humor to bring the Gospel to...
View ArticleHappy Feast of St. Clare!
Clare was not a shrinking violet! She did, however, call herself the "the little plant of Francis." In 1212, when she was only about nineteen years old, she escaped from her home through "the door of...
View ArticleVigil for the Feast of the Assumption
Once again, thousands of pilgrims are converging on the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey, Ohio, for the Vigil Mass for the Feast of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven....
View ArticleIs it the end of the world? Yes, but not the way you think….”
The Book of Revelation (the Apocalypse) is confounding, confusing, and mysterious. But Friar Jude Winkler OFM Conv. simplifies it for us, breaking it down to a very personal level.
View ArticleIt is All Good
And it takes work to keep it that way! Check out the latest episode of Franciscan Voice!
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Gospel Mission to the World!
This week Friars from Central America, Zambia, India, and the United States are meeting in Honduras and El Salvador in fraternity to discuss our Gospel mission to the world. The intercultural...
View ArticleBrotherhood Beyond Borders
Fr. Paul Schloemer, OFM Conv., is the Formation Director in San Antonio, Texas. In our latest episode of Franciscan Voice, Fr. Paul talks about vocation, formation, vows, and how the Conventual...
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Come and See
This weekend we are hosting a Come and See for single men between the ages of 18 to 40 years old. It will be held at the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey, Ohio. These...
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Join us for Transitus
It is in the month of October that we Franciscans celebrate the feast of our founder, St. Francis of Assisi (Oct. 4th). On the evening before his feast day, we commemorate his transition from this...
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Happy Feast Day!
Yesterday we commemorated the passing on to Heavenly Life of our Seraphic Father and Brother, St. Francis of Assisi. More than 800 years ago, he heard God's call and began his journey with Christ....
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Happy 100th Birthday to Fr. Maurus Hauer, OFM Conv.!
Fr. Maurus Hauer celebrated his 100th birthday today at Mount St. Francis. In 1932, in the midst of the Depression, Raymond (his birth name) arrived at Mount St. Francis to begin his life as a...
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Hospitality: A Franciscan Response to the Immigration Conversation
What happens when a family is divided by deportation and other effects of immigration policy in the US?Holy Cross Retreat Center in Mesilla Park, New Mexico, has offered hospitality to a father and...
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“Wow!”
Surrounded by many of his 92 first cousins and their families, several former students and colleagues, and dozens of Franciscan Friars from across the country, Fr. Wayne Hellmann OFM Conv. celebrated...
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Bringing People to the Table of the Lord
+Fr. Paul Faroh OFM Conv. From the kitchen to the choir loft, from welcoming pilgrims as they stepped off the bus to praying with them in the quiet of the church, Fr. Paul Faroh OFM Conv. spent his...
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