Latest News from Little Portion Farm

Great things are happening at Little Portion Farm - harvesting tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers - new crops of watermelon, cantaloupe, celery, and bush beans are doing very well. The Franciscan Center…

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Remembering the Martyrs of Chimbote

In August 1991 guerrillas of the Shining Path terrorist group escalated their violence against the Catholic Church in Chimbote, Peru. The terrorists announced that they would kill a priest every…

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Serving the Poor in Lebanon

Minister General of the Conventual Franciscan Order, Friar Carlos Trovarelli, visited our parish in Beirut, Lebanon, to bless a new kitchen that has been put at the service of the…

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Be Subject to All in Charity

An interview with Mauro Cardinal Gambetti OFM Conv. Friar Sławomir Gajda OFM Conv. interviewed Cardinal Gambetti on July 8 at the Friary of the Twelve Holy Apostles in Rome. It…

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Peace in Our Streets

Praying for peace and an end to violence The Most Reverend Michael W. Fisher, Bishop of Buffalo, hosted a prayer gathering on July 21st for the community in response to…

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