As I sat in one of the wooden choir stalls of the chapel where St. Francis received the stigmata on, the sacred wounds of the poor and crucified Christ, I…
A few years ago, someone asked Friar Valentine Jankowski, ‘What’s your hobby?’ Fr. Valentine thought about it for a minute – other friars paint, woodwork, write. He remembered raising chickens…
On May 25, we celebrate the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Francis. Pope Gregory IX laid the cornerstone for the Basilica on 17 July 1228, the…
In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls us to transform our way of life in responding to the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor. Illuminated…
Our postulants, novices, student friars, and formators gathered last week at Marytown, in Libertyville, Illinois. The men began each day with Morning Prayer and Mass. Each day began with Morning…
Are you doing a little Spring Cleaning? Are you feeling overwhelmed? Friar Manny Vasconcelos talks about how he is working through some of his own Spring Cleaning in this video…