August 2025 – Franciscan Voice

Jubilee of Hope

In May of 2024, +Pope Francis announced a Jubilee or Holy Year in 2025 for Pilgrims of Hope. The Opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on December…

Franciscanism & The Canticle of the Creatures

This year we celebrate the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ Canticle of Creatures. It was in the spring of 1225, soon after his experience at Mount La Verna, that St.…

Statues of Saint Maximilian Kolbe and Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Saint Maximilian Kolbe

“The most deadly poison of our time is indifference. Let us strive, therefore, to praise Him (God) to the greatest extent of our powers.” Saint Maximilian Kolbe August 14 is…

Novena to Our Lady of Consolation

The Annual Novena to Our Lady of Consolation begins on August 6th at the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey, Ohio. Each year, pilgrims gather…

Friar Edgar Varela Ordained to the Priesthood

Friar Edgar Varela was ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Graham, North Carolina, by Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer OFM Conv., Archbishop…