News & Blogs - Franciscan Friars

Postulant visit: ‘The future looks good’

Fr. Frank Jasper reports on his visit to the postulants at the Interprovincial Postulancy Program in Silver Spring, Md.

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Dec 6, 2021

The gift of our salvation

"This Thanksgiving I am especially thankful for my calling to religious life and the various ministries to which God has led me," writes Br. Ed Gura, OFM.

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Nov 22, 2021

Thanksgiving: realigning with our deeper values

"Sometimes it takes a feast like Thanksgiving to help us get realigned with our deeper values," writes Fr. Mark Soehner, OFM.

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Nov 22, 2021

Renovations worth the wait at St. Anthony Friary

Creating practical yet comfortable spaces for friars, guests and retreatants is the goal of a recently completed renovation project at St. Anthony Friary & Shrine.

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Nov 22, 2021

Advent and Christmas 2021

A list of events around the Province of St. John the Baptist

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Nov 18, 2021

A Franciscan Christmas 2021

St. Francis Seraph Church in Over-the-Rhine celebrates the season with an outdoor live nativity and International Christmas Display inside the church.

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Nov 18, 2021

Their love is a guiding light

The presence of the Franciscan friars helps the students at Roger Bacon High School realize that God has created each of us for some definite purpose.

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Nov 9, 2021

Going where he is called

There are certain aspects of his Franciscan vocation that are a given for Br. Andrew Stettler, in particular meeting people where they are in terms of their spirituality and relationship...

Nov 8, 2021

Why am I a friar?

For National Vocation Awareness Week, Nov. 7-13, we asked the friars to answer the question, "Why am I a friar?"

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Nov 5, 2021

Vocation: a wish fulfilled

"May others hearing their call to an alternative life see it in us and catch fire," writes Fr. Mark Soehner, OFM

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Nov 4, 2021

Archdiocesan jubilee celebration

Four of our friars were recognized at the Jubilee celebration for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

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Nov 4, 2021

Building the future together

An interview with Fr. Larry Ford, OFM, who recently visited our province in his role as director of the Revitalization and Restructuring (R&R) Office.

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Oct 20, 2021

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