Dante and the Franciscans, Part Eight Dante probably first encountered the Franciscans while a student in the parish of Santa Croce in Florence. Later while in Bologna in 1286 he…
The Franciscan Friars’ Ministry of Hospitality continues to expand at Holy Cross Retreat Center in Mesilla Park, New Mexico. Over the past few years, the Center welcomed people in need…
Dante and the Franciscans, Part Seven While the Inferno and Purgatorio were revolutionary in language and inventiveness, and remain remarkable even today, the text of Paradiso reaches an even higher…
Ecumenism We live in a world where ecumenism has become an important movement. I believe the drive for ecumenism was one of the prophetic voices of the Second Vatican Council.…
The ‘Nones’: Why They’ve Abandoned the Church, And How to Invite Them Back In Conversation with Friar John Burkhard, Part Three In his new book, The Sense of the Faith…
Josephine Bakhita was born in the Sudan around 1869. Kidnapped by Arab slave traders when she was about seven years old, for many years Josephine was bought and sold, treated…