Our Seraphic Father, St. Francis, meditated a great deal on Our Lord’s Passion, as we read in the Franciscan Sources. In a previous post we read about the Holy Wounds…
Pope Francis asks people across the world to pray and fast today, Ash Wednesday, in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. From friar Antonio Moualeu's 2021 Ash Wednesday reflection:Just as…
Ecumenism We live in a world where ecumenism has become an important movement. I believe the drive for ecumenism was one of the prophetic voices of the Second Vatican Council.…
Friars and the Members of St. Junipero Serra Parish work together to help those in need in Seaside Heights and Seaside Park, New Jersey In Seaside Park and Seaside Heights,…
Of the very many teachings emanating from the documents of the Second Vatican Council, one relates to the 'call to holiness'. All the People of God are called to holiness.…
He became human so that we might share in his divinity The Mystery of the Incarnation is the Mystery the Human Person Transformed in Christ The Franciscan theological instinct finds…