A Merry Christmas!
22 DEC, 2017 “Oh, holy night! The stars are brightly shining…” It’s so easy for me, and I think others, too, to forget in the day to day just how loved we are by God. I don’t just mean “love” the way that I was supposed to love my sister (sorry...
Franciscan Joy: Come Blow Your Horn
Fr. Bill Farris 22 DEC, 2017 BY FR. BILL FARRIS, OFM I began playing trumpet in the sixth grade, probably because my best friend had chosen to play trumpet, too. After playing for three unenthusiastic years (the novelty wore off, and I didn’t like to practice), I left...
St. Anthony Center Open House
The freshly painted building is abuzz with energy and expectation as civic and religious leaders join friars, friends and tenants to bless a ground-breaking project based upon a simple, sensible plan: Let’s join forces to help the homeless.
Br. Bill Spirk, OFM
“He was not into buying a lot of stuff,” Fr. Bryant Hausfeld says. When they shared a friary in Alamogordo, N.M., “He would say, ‘I need shoes’. But he would put it off. He really lived a vow of poverty.”