Thanksgiving is the holiday for which more people travel to be with others. We Franciscans certainly do our share of travel to celebrate the day of thanks. For over forty…
On November 29, 1223, Pope Honorius III confirmed the Rule presented to him by St. Francis. In 2023, 800 years later, we celebrate this confirmation of the Later Rule. Members…
Even though Vocation Awareness Week has ended, please continue to keep in prayer our men in formation, our vocation directors, and all those discerning a religious vocation.
Flashback to Summer Weekend Gathering Introduces Young People to Franciscan Life What happens when you bring together 95 teenagers, 20 Friars, and several chaperones on a summer weekend?You leave them…
On the Solemnity of the Seraphic Father St. Francis, 2023, Friar Carlos Trovarelli, Minister General, wrote a message to his brothers. ...as we celebrate the eighth centenary of the Later…
Friar Emmanuel Wenke was ordained to the priesthood on Tuesday, August 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by the Most Reverend Gregory J. Hartmayer, Archbishop…