Winter’s Last Gasp

Franciscan Creation Spirituality Poetry A Snowy Morning Observed from a Compar Chapel The Gothic windows frame a sightOf ever-wheeling flakes of whiteLike flocks of downy geese come forth To fresh earth…

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Pray for Our Elected Officials

From the Little Portion Farm at the Shrine of St. Anthony, Ellicott City, Maryland Friar Cristofer M. Fernández and Farmer Matt Jones lead a prayer for the elected officials in…

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Inspired by Nature

There is a lake next to this campground that I’ve been to at least 15 times. It takes about 7 miles of difficult, rocky trail to get to. Often the…

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