ROME — More than 150 friars, sisters and laypeople from 100 entities of the Order and 50 countries gathered this spring for the first international Congress for missions and evangelization. Holy Name Province friars Thomas Cole, OFM, director of the HNP Franciscan Missionary Union, and Joseph Rozansky, OFM, director of the Order’s Office of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation, were in attendance at …
Guild Celebrates Nine Decades of ‘Love at Work’
NEW YORK — Saturday’s dreary weather failed to squelch the festive feeling on West 31st Street as friars and supporters gathered to commemorate the 90th anniversary of St. Anthony’s Guild. “We don’t come here just to remember the past. We come to gain strength and insight from Scripture, from the Eucharist, and from each other,” said David Convertino, OFM, executive …