A Franciscan Lesson on Greed
Red Robin (Erithacus rubecula) birds close up in a forest

A Franciscan Lesson on Greed

It is always good and profitable to recall the wisdom of our forefathers. Our parents’ generation and older had sayings, pearls of wisdom, that helped us to do the right…

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Katherine of Aragon – Part Two

Friar Solanus Mary continues the story of Queen Katherine of Aragon, wife of the infamous King Henry VIII of England. (Click here, if you missed part 1) Virtue Katherine bore…

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Katherine of Aragon
The Trial of Queen Catherine of Aragon by Henry Nelson O'Neil (1846-1848)

Katherine of Aragon

Wife, Queen, Mother, Franciscan The city of Peterborough (Cambridgeshire, England) is not too distant from our little friary in Walsingham (in the neighbouring county of Norfolk). When I am in…

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A Reminder to Care for All Creation
Mural at Holy Cross Retreat Center, Mesilla Park, NM

A Reminder to Care for All Creation

Holy Cross Retreat Center in Mesilla Park, New Mexico, will be sharing a new mural at this year's Franciscan Festival of Fine Arts. The annual Festival takes place over Labor…

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