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Celebrating Mother Earth

Earth Day 2024 was celebrated officially on April 22. Here are a couple of events held on April 20 and an important initiative announced on April 23 in recognition of…

Celebrating Blessed Giles at Little Portion Farm

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…

Answering the Call

The Franciscan Center in Baltimore, Maryland On November 29, 2023, there was a joyous three-part celebration for the Friars of Our Lady of the Angels Province. The Feast of All…

Sweet & Spicy

JPIC in Indonesia and the Philippines “The Lord gave me, Brother Francis, thus to begin doing penance in this way: for when I was in sin, it seemed too bitter…

St. Bonaventure (Painting by Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1620)

Saint Bonaventure – A Voice Still Relevant Today

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…

Wine at the Shrine October 14

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…