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A Franciscan’s Way of the Cross – 4,5,6,8
Stained glass window in La Petite Chapelle de Cauguigny honoring +Fr. Ignatius Maternowski

A Franciscan’s Way of the Cross – 4,5,6,8

(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…

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A Franciscan’s Way of the Cross on D-Day 1944

A Franciscan’s Way of the Cross on D-Day 1944

(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…

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A Franciscan’s Way of the Cross – Part 2
Fr. Ignatius Maternowski during paratrooper training.

A Franciscan’s Way of the Cross – Part 2

(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…

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Prayer that Leads to Action
In 2020, The Most Rev. Gregory Hartmayer, then Bishop of Savannah, washed and kissed the feet of parishioners at a Holy Thursday Mass. (Photo from The St. Anthony Companion newsletter of the Province of Our Lady of the Angels, Spring 2020)

Prayer that Leads to Action

A gunman opened fire at an outlet mall in Texas Saturday afternoon, May 6, 2023. The shooting left nine people dead, including the suspect. A few days earlier this May,…

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A Tent of Peace

A Tent of Peace

In celebration of Earth Day, Conventual, Capuchin, and Secular Franciscans gathered at the Villa Borghese Park in Rome (Italy) from April 22 to 23, 2023. The Capuchin ministries “Frate Indovino” and…

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