A Meditation for Holy Saturday
From the Office of Readings Something strange is happening – there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the…
Read More Celebrating the Year of Consecrated Life
Pope Francis has declared a Year of Consecrated Life, celebrating and highlighting the role of women and men religious in the Church’s service to God’s people. Friar Bob Baxter, OFM…
Read More Friar Bryan Hajovsky, OFM Conv. Professes Solemn Vows
Joined by family, friends, and Conventual Franciscan Friars from around the country, Friar Bryan Hajovsky, OFM Conv. professed his solemn vows on Friday, August 22, at the Basilica and National…
Read More “We can do better!”
“We can do better!” was the mantra for the evening as Fran Heitzman, the founder of Bridging, the largest non-profit furniture bank in North America, accepted the Franciscan International Award…
Read More Seeking God’s Will: Eight men attend vocation discernment weekend
Eight men gathered at Mount St. Francis March 4-6 for a vocation discernment weekend retreat. Led by Fr. Paul Schloemer, OFM Conv. and Fr. John Bamman, OFM Conv., we hosted…
Read More Letting Go of Lent
by Fr. Martin Day, OFM Conv. Three quarters of this year’s Lenten season has already passed us by. Where are we at this point in our Lenten journey? It could…
Read More Our Lady of Consolation Mission Fair
Celebrating fifty years of mission support It began as a fun way to raise mission funds, was transformed by a basket, and has now flowered into a tradition, anticipated…
Read More Br. John Maurer’s Service to the Poor
Br. John Maurer has spent the last 30 years working with what he calls “street people:” the poor, the homeless, those caught in the traps of drug abuse and prostitution.…
Read More 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…
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas The Conventual Franciscan Friars of the Province of Our Lady of Consolation wish all of you a Merry Christmas. May the Peace of Jesus Christ be with you…
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