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Franciscan Joy: Hope is the gift of Easter

A future full of hope is a special gift to those with Easter faith. Peter says it well in his first letter: “Blessed be the God and Father of our...

Birthday surprise

You’d never know it to look at him, but Fr. Hilarion Kistner just turned 90. March 31, parishioners at St. Stephen Church in Cincinnati, where Hilarion has helped out for...

Br. Joe Haley, OFM (1944-2019)

“One memory of Joe was powerful,” remembers Fr. Roger Lopez, the sight of him putting up his breviary with a rosary dangling from his hand. “This older friar still had...

‘Techno-klutz’ learns his lesson

Fr. Loren Connell learns a spiritual lesson while dealing with a frustrating smartphone.

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Postulancy Admission Board welcomes postulant

Brian Menezes with enter the Franciscan Interprovincial Postulancy at Holy Name College in Silver Spring, Maryland on August 14.

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Planning a future for the Shrine

Fr. Cliff Hennings, Director of Shrine Ministry, has plans to encourage pilgrims to the St. Anthony Shrine in Cincinnati.

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Season over, it’s time to play

Family Fun Night is “a time to celebrate the winter basketball season with kids, coaches, family and friends,” says Parrish Ozias, program director at Friars Club and organizer of the...

They came to play on Opening Day

Staged near the site where friars first settled in Cincinnati, the Reds’ parade is a circus in the streets. It’s always chaotic, as humans and animals scramble to find their...

Franciscan Joy: Take me out to the ball game

Fr. Tom "Grand-Slam" Speier's love of baseball and the Cincinnati Reds was fostered at an early age. The joy of the game and thrill of catching a No-hitter is...

Reds at Opening Day Parade

We’re getting ready for the 100th Annual Red’s Findlay Market Opening Day parade this year on Thursday, March 28. We love the Reds and we love Cincinnati. Our presence...

‘A sign of belonging’

"In wearing the habit I’ve always felt the call to be true to its meaning, to live as brothers, and to seek an inward conversion that we outwardly signal by...