Groundbreaking for New Chapel
Groundbreaking for the new Chapel at Holy Cross Retreats in Mesilla Park, New Mexico, will take place this Sunday, March 2, at 3 p.m. The new Chapel will provide our…
Read More Happy Anniversary Fr. Maurus! 69 Years Ordained
More than 25,000 Masses later, Fr. Maurus Hauer, OFM Conv., the senior Conventual Franciscan Friar in North America, celebrated his 69th anniversary of priestly ordination on Monday, February 24, 2014.…
Read More Conventual Friar wins international award
Friar Dinh Anh Nguyen Nhue, Vice Dean of the Pontifical Theological Faculty of St. Bonaventure (Seraphicum) of the Friars Minor Conventual, is among the winners of the “Carlo Maria Martini…
Read More Friar Francis Zirano – on His Way to Sainthood
Pope Francis authorized recently the publication of the Decree of Beatification of the ‘Servant of God’, Friar Francis Zirano, a Conventual Franciscan Friar, as a martyr. Friar Francis Zirano, born…
Read More Pope Francis on Twitter
Friar Rick Riccioli, OFM Conv., Director of FrancisCorps (a young-adult Franciscan service experience program based in Syracuse, NY) directed a retreat for young adults – Pope Francis on Twitter –…
Read More Pope Francis: February Prayer Intentions & Reflections
On Sunday, February 2, the Holy Father Pope Francis (the first member of a religious order to be elected Pope in nearly 200 years) spoke about the importance of religious…
Read More God is Good!
Nineteen men joined the friars for a weekend retreat, exploring what life is like as a Conventual Franciscan Friar. Called a Come and See Weekend, the retreat was for single…
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