News & Blogs - Franciscan Friars

Faith, family, and the search for Santa

When the air gets cold and the winter clouds hang low and purple overhead, my memories go to the expectation that we felt as kids regarding Christmas.

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Franciscan Joy: Making baking memories

"Our family has a tradition, handed down from my grandmother, of baking Sand Tarts," says Fr. Mark Soehner.

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Start your own tradition

This recipe for Sand Tarts combines a family recipe with a version from The Fannie Farmer Cookbook (Alfred A. Knopf, Twelfth Edition, 1979). We topped the cookies with slivered...

Christmas memories

Friars share their Christmas memories.

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Blessings from Br. Al

Br. Al Mascia, OFM, sings The Beatitudes.

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A Franciscan Christmas 2018

Come see 'A Franciscan Christmas' in downtown Cincinnati. Live nativity and an extensive collection of Christmas displays.

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St. Anthony Center’s first year

The St. Anthony Center opened on December 12, 2017. Fr. Mark Soehner writes about a year of service to neighbors in need.

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Geronimo

Fr. Tom Speier made his first parachute jump, free falling 11,000 feet, at age 86.

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Living gratefully

Counting blessings sometimes helps me realize that I can’t count them all. It moves me to live in a world where there is abundance, where sharing what I have...

Provincial Minister Mark Soehner tells about the coming together of two provinces: St. Joseph Province of Eastern Canada, French speaking, and Christ the King Province of Western Canada, English speaking.

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