Conventual Franciscan Friar Fr. Julio Martinez was featured in the Chatham News and Record: 'Living sermons': Black and Latino churches lead faith vaccination efforts in Chatham.Fr. Julio is pastor of…
A Secular Franciscan Witness to Holiness and Leadership Peace and all good things! As we prayerfully mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11 this weekend, it is providential that we will…
St. Anthony and Contemplation in a Changing World “God is in your heart, your heart is in your eye, your eye is in you.” As St. Paul says: In Him…
St. Anthony and Contemplation in a Changing World “We are assailed by doubts, and weighed down by uncertainties – release our hearts, to journey towards you with hope.”I wonder if…
Change the World with the Courage of the Youth We are in the Season of Creation, and Pope Francis has released a video calling for a return to a simpler…
"the Italian Fr. Kolbe" Like St. Maximilian Kolbe, Conventual Franciscan Fr. Placido Cortese directed a Catholic publication, the Messenger of Saint Anthony. And, like St. Kolbe, Friar Placido was tortured…