In this fast-paced time, many people feel overwhelmed by constant news and information, and seemingly can’t get away from conflict and noise. Now, with pandemic restrictions fading, some people are…
Franciscans in the Ukraine Friar Michal Staszak provides an update from our friary in Bilshivtsi. Located in the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine, this area is relatively safe, with many rehabilitation…
Franciscans in the Ukraine In September of 2022, Friar Artur Spodar enrolled in a training course to learn how to provide professional assistance to war victims and veterans. He writes…
Franciscans in the Ukraine Friar Maryan Melnychuck writes about life in the friary in Kremenchuk.I will never forget the morning of February 24, 2022. At 04:53 a.m. I was awakened…
Light Dispelling Darkness A follow up training for Franciscan Social Theatre’s new facilitators was held 2-6 February 2023 at the Franciscan Friary in Kalwaria Pacławska, on the Polish-Ukrainian border.Friar Stefano…
The following is excerpted from a booklet prepared by the Franciscan Friars Conventual JPIC commission and a combined adaptation from a Catholic Climate Covenant (CCC) parish resource (from the Archdiocese…