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Will Frodo Find Tolkein

The following is a reflection by Friar Wayne Mulei, who will be making his Solemn Profession of Vows on Friday, August 2, in Castro Valley, California. Will Frodo ever find…

During Community Week, the friars traveled to Nazareth House in Los Angeles to participate in the residents' Mass along with five of our friars who are residents there.

During the first week of July, Saint Joseph Cupertino Province celebrated their annual Community Week. It's a time for the friars to gather for Continuing Education, celebrate anniversaries, and spend…

Remembering Friar Casimir Cypher

On June 25, 1975, Friar Casimir Cypher OFM Conv. drove his borrowed pickup into the city of Juticalpa for repairs. He was unaware that the National Union of Campesinos had…

Rite of Beginning Fraternity

On July 5 at the Franciscan House of Studies on Chicago’s North Side, we welcomed six men into the Conventual Franciscan Postulancy Program.Postulancy is a year of initial formation, designed…

Province Assembly

The Province of Our Lady of Consolation recently held a Province Assembly on Interculturality and Intergenerational Living at Holy Cross Retreat Center in Mesilla Park, New Mexico. Friars from the…

Bishop Michael Martin with his brothers

Canonical Visitations 2024

Friar Joseph Wood, Assistant General for the Conventual Franciscan Friars (CFF), continued his canonical visitations across the United States in May and June of 2024. Canonical visitations are a way…