The updates below describe activities of Holy Name friars, featuring their celebrations, presentations, and ministry events. For more information, contact the friars by phone or email, connect with the HNP Communications Office, or visit links to the parishes and organizations mentioned. To provide news briefs for future articles, email information to Communications Director Jocelyn Thomas at communications@hnp.org. From the Provincial …
New Website Shares Information, Stories about Robert Lentz
SILVER SPRING, Md. — An online venture has been launched for Robert Lentz, OFM, a master iconographer stationed at Holy Name College. A new website, RobertLentz.com, provides a glimpse into his work through stories and videos about his life as an artist, a friar and a contemplative human being. Through the website, Robert will release a series of videos and …
Reflection: Traveling to the Holy Land
As Pope Francis prepares for his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in May, Robert Lentz, OFM, reflects on a recent peace trip he took to Israel and Palestine with Jacek Orzechowski, OFM, Francis Soucy, OFM, and members of the St. Camillus Church community. It was a Sunday morning and we had been standing in line for 15 minutes, painfully inching our way toward the marble …
Preemptive Peacemaking in Holy Land
As Pope Francis prepares to embark on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Franciscans around the world are being encouraged to help advance peace efforts in Palestine and Israel. Below, the director of the Province’s Office for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation describes what the Province is doing to support this movement. Depending on the given day and the …
Retreat Opportunities Around the Country
Interested in setting aside time to reflect, to pray and, perhaps, to learn? Throughout the coming months, a variety of retreats and programs are being offered at Franciscan venues in scenic settings around the United States. In Florida, the Franciscan Center in Tampa is offering three retreats over the coming weeks: Holy Week retreat, April 16 to 20, led by Anthony …
Formation Update: Interfaith Dialogue Highlights Annual Gathering
MARRIOTTSVILLE, Md. — Seventeen friars in initial formation, along with six solemnly-professed friars, hunkered down during the recent polar vortex to take part in the annual formation intersession, held from Jan. 4 to 8 at the Bon Secours Spiritual Center. As in years past, the gathering was marked by a great building up of fraternity among the men in initial …