On Friday, July 24, 2015, Friar Tony Martinez, OFM Conv. and Friar Andrew Hennessy, OFM Conv. professed Simple (or First) Vows as Conventual Franciscan Friars at St. Francis of Assisi…

On Thursday July 23, 2015, seven men expressed their desire to live for a year as Conventual Franciscan Novices and received the Franciscan habit. The investiture ceremony took place in the St. Francis…

by Friar Bob Roddy, OFM Conv. Another steep uphill climb “Mother of the Redeemer,” I gasped, “This path is supposed to be level?” Kris Joseph laughed and concurred as we…

  Friar John Pearson, OFM Conv. died July 9, 2015, in New Albany, Indiana. He was born March 17, 1944, in Shakopee, Minnesota, to Dr. Bror and Elizabeth (Stephens) Pearson.…

St. Benedict Parish in Terre Haute, Indiana is celebrating 150 years of faith. Conventual Franciscans have been a part of the parish for 148 of those years. Sunday, June 28,…