July 2025 – Franciscan Voice

Our Lady of the Angels

Feast Day August 2nd In the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, the frescos in the upper Basilica are meditations on the mercy of God. The frescos about St. Francis’…

Friar John Paul Banks ordained to the priesthood on July 5, 2025

News from Custody of Blessed Agnellus of Pisa

The Custody of Blessed Agnellus of Pisa, in Great Britain and Ireland, is within the Conventual Franciscan Federation and the Province of Our Lady of the Angels.On July 5, 2025,…

Chess & Type Design

Franciscans & Finance Part Eight This series is an excerpt from a presentation by Friar Joseph Wood. (Check out Part Five for a recap of the earlier posts;Part Six is an…

Friar Gerry Waterman and students celebrate another evening of sandwich making success.

A New Chapel at Syracuse University

Friar Gerry Waterman is a chaplain at Syracuse University. Since the end of the Covid shutdowns, there has been significant growth in the number of students participating in Catholic Campus…

Father Franck-Lino Sokpolie with Friar Michael Heine, Minister Provincial of Our Lady of the Angels Province (on left), the Most Reverend Gregory J. Hartmayer, Archbishop of Atlanta (on right), & brother friars, & postulants (on far left)

Ordination and Mass of Thanksgiving for Father Franck-Lino Sokpolie

(Photos by Jackie Holcombe)Friar Franck-Lino Sokpolie was ordained a priest on Saturday, July 19, at Holy Cross Church in Atlanta, Georgia, by the Most Reverend Gregory J. Hartmayer OFM Conv.,…

Assisi on the Chesapeake Retreat 2025

The last weekend in June, Our Lady of the Angels Province hosted their third Assisi on the Chesapeake Retreat. Sixty young people gathered from Chicopee (MA), Atlanta (GA), Baltimore (MD),…