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...
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...
Fr. Paul Walsman, OFM
How does he do it? We asked that question in recent years as the seemingly tireless Fr. Paul Walsman zipped around the hemisphere preaching for Food for the Poor.
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St. Al’s Backpack Ministry to the Homeless in Detroit
Br. Michael Radomski shoulders his backpack, steps out into the Detroit sunshine – and stops in his tracks. "First, we pray," he says.
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El Dia De Los Muertos
Procession on El Dia de los Muertos
PHOTOS AND STORY BY FR. FRANK JASPER, OFM
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Br. Luke Simon, OFM
Br. Luke Simon, OFM
Goodbye, Mr. Spalding
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Volunteer at St. Anthony Center
It takes a village. Or in the case of St. Anthony Center in Over-the-Rhine, "We’re going to need a slew of new volunteers," says Theresa Diersen, Volunteer Services Director for...
A Thanksgiving Prayer for Oneself
BY FR. DENNET JUNG, OFM
Lord God, thank you for making me who I am.
This is difficult for me to say because so often I...
Thanksgiving Message from Fr. Loren
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, and I am not sure why that is so. Maybe it is not commercialized the...
Franciscan Joy: Just a Closer Walk with Thee
BY FR. PAGE POLK, OFM
I have been walking for almost all of my life. One might say, "What a ‘Duh!’...
Opening Eyes and Hearts to Poverty
BY MARK SOEHNER, OFM
Pope Francis wrote a letter on the Feast of St. Anthony this year that marks this coming Sunday, the 33rd Sunday in...
Fr. Mel’s Encounter With Solanus Casey
By Fr. Mark Soehner, OFM
So many people in the middle part of the last century had their lives touched by a simple friar. Fr. Solanus Casey,...
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