Josephine Bakhita was canonized in 2000. Her feast day is February 8. Here's her story. Josephine Bakhita was born in the Sudan around 1869. Kidnapped by Arab slave traders when…
Why do the Franciscans eventually involve themselves in finances? Since the beginning of time, clergy have often been the most educated people in any given society: they advised, advocated, explored,…
- The following series is an excerpt from a presentation by Friar Joseph Wood - Since, therefore, all things are beautiful and in some way pleasurable, and since beauty and…
In early January, Friars Manny Vasconcelos (Our Lady of the Angels Province (OLA), Mario Serrano (Our Lady of Consolation Province), Nick Romeo (OLA), and Bernard Fonkalsrud (St. Bonaventure Province) traveled…
January 23 is the feast day for Saint Marianne Cope. She is the first Franciscan woman from North America to be canonized and the 11th American to be recognized as…
The inauguration of the 800th anniversary of the composition of the Canticle of the Creatures took place in Assisi on January 11, 2025. The day began with a prayer session…