The Inbreaking of the Word: Week 4 of Advent
James Sabak, OFM
December 23, 2024
From Father Jim: "While we celebrate the birth of Christ as this great memorial, as this great celebration, as this great solemnity. We are a people with feet in two worlds, the world to come and the world that is ...
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‘Thank God Ahead of Time’—A Look at Solanus Casey
Joel Schorn
May 9, 2020
Solanus’s struggle to find his place as a priest and member of the Capuchins followed him, in a sense, to his first assignment.
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St. Francis and the Feast of Pardon
Kathleen M. Carroll
May 9, 2020
The Feast of Pardon, as it is called in Italy, always attracts thousands of visitors and pilgrims to Assisi.
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A Celebration of St. Marguerite d’Youville
Franciscan Media
May 9, 2020
Marguerite was born in Varennes (Quebec), one of 10 children, in 1701. Her father died when she was seven. This loss left the family destitute.
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Jonah and the Whale
Richard Rohr, OFM
May 9, 2020
The word change normally refers to new beginnings.
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A Little More Mary, A Little Less Martha
Susan Hines-Brigger
May 9, 2020
The story of Martha and Mary is one that has always spoken to me as a woman, a wife, a mom and a sister.
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A Look Back at the Life of Padre Pio
Fr. Bryan Shortall, OFM Cap.
May 9, 2020
Throughout his life, the boy who became Padre Pio was to bear a huge resemblance to the seraphic saint.
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