Fr. Jim at the annual Mount St. Francis Picnic in 2012. (This year the picnic will be Saturday, August 31.) Fr. Jim Kent, OFM Conv., Minister Provincial for the Province…

Friar Reginald Kellogg, OFM Conv., passed away June 17, at Kindred Hospital, St. Louis, MO. Born John Lloyd Kellogg in Ann Arbor, MI, on July 2, 1933 to Francis Bernard…

Devotion to St. Anthony of Padua By Fr. David Lenz, OFM Conv. He wasn’t originally from Padua. He wasn’t even originally a Franciscan. St. Anthony was born in Lisbon, Portugal,…

Over the weekend of June 9, 2013, the friars celebrated 100 years of service by the Secular Franciscan Order, St. Anthony of Padua Fraternity, at the Basilica and National Shrine…