A paperback that illustrates the origins and history of the Franciscans in the United States has been released by Arcadia Publishing and The History Press. Franciscan Friars: Coast to Coast, a 128-page book by Jack Clark Robinson, OFM, provincial minister of Our Lady of Guadalupe Province, is part of the Images of America series. This compact treasure, a perfect Christmas gift, tells the …
NEW YORK – The iconic St. Francis of Assisi Church on West 31st Street concluded a year-long celebration of its 175th anniversary in spectacular fashion last month, fittingly on the feast day of its patron saint. The historic church reverberated with the joyful sound of blaring trumpets and voices lifted in song – appropriately, on the feast of St. Francis, singing “Let All Creation” …
NEW YORK – After two years of studying and evaluating the sustainability of Holy Name Province’s 30 Fraternities in Mission (FIMs)—the friar communities that live and work at parishes, elementary schools, colleges, soup kitchens, and other sites—the Provincial Administration will announce in January those FIMs where HNP friars will continue to live and work, and those FIMs from which friars …
NEW YORK – At a Mass that reverberated with music and energy, Javier Del Angel De los Santos, OFM, and Roberto Tito Serrano, OFM, made their solemn profession of vows at St. Francis of Assisi Church. Friars, friends, partners-in-ministry and relatives from around the country and as far as Mexico, filled the pews of the historic church on 31st Street …
DENVER, Colo. – History was made this summer when nearly 400 Franciscan friars from 25 states, as well as Canada, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, and the Philippines, gathered in unity and fraternity at the Chapter of Mats – an event whose environment at times was filled with the joyful atmosphere of a family reunion, and at other times the more serious …
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of Catholics representing nearly 20 national organizations gathered in solidarity last month in the nation’s capital to protest the administration’s practice of detaining migrant children. Friars from Holy Name Province were among the crowd demanding an end to this immoral and inhumane practice. The Catholic Day of Action for Immigrant Children was co-sponsored by the Franciscan Action …
Commencement exercises at the two Province-sponsored collegiate institutions were held this month. Highlights of the ceremonies at St. Bonaventure University and Siena College ranged from a Franciscan friar being recognized for his longtime efforts in peace and human rights, to featured speakers that included the executive of a global courier, a fourth generation descendant of a university president, and a …
During the longest government shutdown in U.S. history – a 35-day ordeal in which 800,000 federal workers were either furloughed or working without pay – Franciscan outreach ministries from Virginia to Massachusetts provided a range of emergency assistance, including supplemental food, rent and utility payments, and other services, to government employees, peripheral workers affected by the shutdown, and recipients of …
During the recent national holiday honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the most visible presence in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968, tributes to the life, legacy and works of the man inspired by his Christian beliefs and nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi took place at ministries throughout Holy Name Province. More …
LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. — A contingent of nearly two dozen Siena College students and alumni participated in the March for Life, the annual pro-life rally in Washington, D.C. Proudly holding placards that read “I Am the Pro-Life Generation” and “Defund Planned Parenthood,” and “Families Deserve Better Than Abortion,” the Siena students were among thousands of young people and the reportedly more …
In 1 Samuel 3:9, young Samuel is instructed to heed the Lord’s call by answering, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” Holy Name Province, as it does at the beginning of each new year, acknowledges the Order’s 2019 jubilarians – friars who, like Samuel, listened and discerned when the Lord was calling them to religious vocation. These servants have …
As the world watches and worries about the people of California who are near the raging wildfires, Holy Name Province has been learning about the impact of the natural disaster through friars of the St. Barbara Province. Several live at Serra Retreat, which overlooks the Pacific Ocean. It was established in 1942 and has been the venue for many Franciscan …
