I was raised in St. Anthony Parish, Louisville, Kentucky. When I made my novitiate, it was at St. Anthony in Angola, Indiana. When I was to write a thesis, my…
+Friar Casimir Cypher The friars of the Provincial Custody of Mary, Mother of Mercy in Central America continue to collect documentary and testimonial evidence on the life, mission and witness…
(This is the conclusion of A Franciscan's Way of the Cross. The entire article is available on our Resources page and by clicking here.) Receiving Grace... Stained glass window in…
(Continued from Part 1 & Part 2)With a brisk and determined step Friar Ignatius Maternowski went to meet his German colleague.Sometime later, to everyone’s surprise, Friar Ignatius arrived accompanied by…
(Continued from Part 1)For Franciscans, we often find ourselves on both the receiving and giving ends of grace. There are times when we feel the grace, and moments when we…
As I sat in one of the wooden choir stalls of the chapel where St. Francis received the stigmata on, the sacred wounds of the poor and crucified Christ, I…