Each spring, Little Portion Farm (located in Ellicott City, MD) hosts a celebration around the time of the Feast Day of Blessed Giles of Assisi on April 23. This year’s…
A poem written and read by friar Cristofer Fernández OFM Conv. (Thank you to Fr. Tom Smith OFM Conv. for walking the labyrinth at Holy Cross Retreat Center in Mesilla…
This year is the 750th anniversary of the death of the Seraphic Doctor (d. July 15, 1274). On February 2, 2024, the Ministers General of the First Order and the…
This is part two of an extract from Friar Jonathan Garcia Zenteno's thesis: "Franciscan Ecology." (Click here to read Part One.)To maintain an orderly classification of the ecologies that present us…
Extract from the Philosophical Thesis “Franciscan Ecology”, Chapter I, Section 5, pp. 36-37. By Friar Jonathan García Zenteno, OFM Conv.In our knowledge schemes, there are various types of ecology, and…
Wine at the Shrine is a family friendly event that benefits the Franciscan Center of Baltimore and Little Portion Farm.Little Portion Farm, a ministry of the Franciscan Friars Conventual, is…