A Simple Prayer
St. Mother Teresa asked friar James McCurry to develop a simple prayer asking for Mary’s intercession – one that could be remembered by the fingers on our hands. In this…
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A Simple Prayer
Pope Francis at a wooden cross at the border between Mexico & the U.S. in Ciudad Juarez in 2016
(Photo by friar Charles McCarthy)
Walking Together
In his message for the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees (September 24, 2023), Pope Francis states that we must "be a community ready to welcome, protect, promote and…
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Walking Together
In 2020, The Most Rev. Gregory Hartmayer, then Bishop of Savannah, washed and kissed the feet of parishioners at a Holy Thursday Mass. (Photo from The St. Anthony Companion newsletter of the Province of Our Lady of the Angels, Spring 2020)
Prayer that Leads to Action
A gunman opened fire at an outlet mall in Texas Saturday afternoon, May 6, 2023. The shooting left nine people dead, including the suspect. A few days earlier this May,…
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Prayer that Leads to Action
Giving Thanks & Giving of Ourselves
Friar Michael Martin was featured recently on The Inner Life, a Relevant Radio show focused on one-on-one spiritual direction. He joins host Patrick Conley in a conversation about giving thanks…
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Giving Thanks & Giving of Ourselves
Hospice Care
Helping People Face Death with Confidence in God’s Love One patient described the impact of news that he was going to die from his cancer as "the waters streaming out…
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Hospice Care
A Tent of Peace
In celebration of Earth Day, Conventual, Capuchin, and Secular Franciscans gathered at the Villa Borghese Park in Rome (Italy) from April 22 to 23, 2023. The Capuchin ministries “Frate Indovino” and…
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A Tent of Peace