SILVER SPRING, Md. — Five men interested in learning more about the Franciscans to determine whether they want to become friars have spent the first weeks of their postulancy getting acquainted with the Province and the Order. They have participated in retreats and workshops, and met friars and partners-in-ministry throughout the mid-Atlantic area. Three days after arriving at Holy Name College …
Celebrating a Saint with Prayers, Community Events and an Award
Friars and their partners-in-ministry commemorated a philosopher, theologian and doctor of the church — St. Bonaventure – this month with a variety of athletic, social, spiritual and academic events. Commemorations began a week before the July 15 feast of St. Bonaventure, the seventh general minister of the Order of Friars Minor and affectionately called the Franciscans’ “other saint.” In Western …
Seasonal Reflection: Feast of St. Bonaventure
As July 15 and the feast of St. Bonaventure nears, a friar writes about St. Bonaventure’s captivation with the word of God, wondering how humanity can transport its destructive and jealous words into a new “word order.” James Vacco, OFM, is stationed at a university and a parish both named for Bonaventure of Bagnoregio. In her book, “Simply Bonaventure,” Sr. Ilia Delio, OSF, …