Bonita and Aiden, the parents of seven children ages 17 to 3, wanted to do something special for their oldest son to celebrate his high school graduation. But even something as simple as making his favorite meal was out of reach because the COVID-19 pandemic claimed Aiden’s job as a carpenter. With the family patriarch unemployed and unable to find …
More than two and a half months after the coronavirus pandemic forced churches throughout the Province to close their doors and switch to live-streamed and recorded services on Facebook and other remote platforms, three ministry sites in the south staffed by Holy Name Province friars are providing a glimpse into what the future of Sunday Mass will look like when …
In early to mid-March, colleges and universities across the nation, especially regions that were beginning to experience large numbers of COVID-19 cases, began moving to online and remote teaching to stop the spread and flatten the curve of the coronavirus. Although suspending classroom teaching was thought to be temporary at the time, less than two weeks later, faculty and students …
NEW YORK – The friars of Holy Name Province, through the Office of Development, have launched a new initiative, the Franciscan Relief Fund, to provide economic support to unemployed individuals in the food, hospitality, and entertainment industries who are struggling financially during the global COVID-19 pandemic. All donations made to the Franciscan Relief Fund will be used exclusively for the …
This is the second in a series of articles that HNP Today is publishing about the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic is having around the Province – reporting how friars, partners-in-ministry, volunteers, parishioners and ministry sites are creating a “new normal” since early in the week of March 15, when many states closed schools, churches and other institutions to avoid large …
The greeting below — from the Provincial Minister, Vicar, and Secretary, along with the Provincial Councilors — was written during a Holy Week unlike any that has been experienced in recent years. Dear brothers and friends, As we approach the celebration of Easter 2020, mired in the Coronavirus pandemic, we are more mindful than ever of our need for the …
This is the first in a series of articles that HNP Today is publishing about varied aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic — reports on how people and ministries are creating a “new normal” since early in the week of March 15 when many states closed schools, churches, and other institutions. With dioceses around the nation suspending Masses, sacraments and other …
Less than 100 days and counting to the nearly week-long 2020 Chapter this spring, when the friars of Holy Name Province will assemble in Franciscan tradition and protocol to elect leaders, evaluate proposals, and engage in discourse on contemplation, fraternity, and mission. The friars will look toward the future and share their views about revitalization, which is a central theme …
The information below is based on the announcement released by Siena College on Feb. 14. LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. — Former U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson – an author, scholar and decorated military veteran – has been named the 12th president of Siena College. Gibson, whose five-year term begins July 1, will be formally inaugurated in a campus ceremony this fall. He becomes …
NEW YORK – Holy Name Province is withdrawing this year from nine Fraternities-in-Mission in states from the northeast to Florida. Administrative operations and ministerial responsibilities of the ministry sites are expected to be turned over to their respective dioceses this summer. For most – among them parishes and a mall ministry – the withdrawal ends decades of Franciscan presence and …
ALBANY, N.Y. – Over the past decade, Ed Coughlin, OFM, had been a fixture in the stands when the men’s basketball teams of Siena College and St. Bonaventure University did battle on the hardwood for the Franciscan Cup and bragging rights in the Province community. Ed was always seen mingling with fans from both sides of the aisle, often taking …
Very soon, maybe even now, you may be hearing the greetings “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays.” For many people, those greetings bring a sense of happiness and joy. But for others, those same greetings may be a painful reminder of all that is not merry or happy during this Christmas season. Because the seasons of Advent and Christmas can bring …
