I Lift Up My Eyes
Friar Tom Smith wrote the following song based on a prayer day at Dripping Springs Recreation Area in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It was very hot that day, and Psalm…
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I Lift Up My Eyes
Martyr of Honduras
- Friar Casimir Cypher OFM Conv. - On June 25, 1975, Friar Casimir Cypher OFM Conv. drove his borrowed pickup into the city of Juticalpa for repairs. He was unaware…
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Martyr of Honduras
Weavings by friar Charles McCarthy - recently featured in an art show at the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts at Mount St. Francis, Indiana
It’s Us > Can We
It’s Us > Can We it’s the face of seein’ that sees us it’s the voice of hearin’ that speaks us it’s the heart of bleedin’ that loves us it’s…
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It’s Us > Can We
Crabs and Beans
In the Malaysian coastal town of Malacca, there occasionally appears a type of crab with a distinct cross-shaped mark on its shell. I remember, when I lived in that country,…
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Crabs and Beans
Congratulations to Graduates
This May we celebrated with several of our student friars as they enjoyed the results of their studies and received their diplomas.Friar Franck Lino Sokpolie received a degree in French…
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Congratulations to Graduates
Corda Pia
During our novitiate in 2019, we were taught two of the three songs of the Corda Pia by our novice-master, Brother Joseph Wood, and the novice-brothers performed it twice, once…
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Corda Pia