Father Mark-Mary Ames, a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal, discusses how he said Ash Wednesday Mass for actors Mark Wahlberg and Jonathan Roumie and reflects on seeking a real encounter with God this Lent.
Father Isaiah Marie Hofmann, CFR, and J.J. Wright, inspired by their music sessions at a Bronx homeless shelter, are releasing an album, "Mysteries and Medicines." During the pandemic, Brother Isaiah composed 10 songs sharing his vocation story. The album explores themes of
The minister general of the Order of Friars Minor, Brother Massimo Fusarelli, established the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe Oct. 17 during a meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, called the "synodal Chapter of Unity," during which the province's first minister provincial,
Franciscan priests have returned to pastoral ministry at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, two months after the center decided to end their contract.
The priests and brothers of Holy Name College Friary of Silver Spring, Maryland, resumed their service
In his 1981 encyclical Laborem Exercens, Pope St. John Paul II wrote that “work is a fundamental dimension of our life on earth.” Working with the land, running a farm, and manual labor in general can bring us closer to God. That’s
Jesus suffered and died 2,000 years ago, but Catholics today can still attend a reenactment of his funeral and burial — in the Holy Land. “The funeral procession of Jesus Christ is a unique liturgical procession that only takes place at the
Franciscan spirituality and traditions are part of campus life at a number of schools around the United States, including Quincy University in Illinois, the University of St. Francis in Indiana, and the Franciscan School of Theology in California. While this shared spirituality
Members of the general chapter of the Order of Friars Minor elected Rome-born Father Massimo Fusarelli as the new minister general of the worldwide Franciscan order.
The general chapter July 3-18 brought together 116 Franciscans representing some 13,000 friars. The election of the
As a worldwide religious order, Franciscan friars need to find new and better ways to welcome the diversity of their members and allow it to challenge the ways they live the Gospel in the world, said Father Michael Perry, the order's minister
Before he became guardian and commissary of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington in 2013, Franciscan Father Larry Dunham made his first trip to the Holy Land, where his order has cared for the most sacred shrines of Christendom