Last month, two Franciscan Volunteer Ministers living and serving in ministries fostered by St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Camden, N.J., participated in Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2014, “Jesus Weeps — Resisting Violence, Building Peace.” The reflection below is by one of the two who wanted to share his experience about the 12th annual gathering. Past themes include immigration, food justice and gender inequality. …
Franciscan Volunteer Ministry Receives National Justice Award
PHILADELPHIA — For an outstanding spirit of service and evangelization, and for bearing the values of St. Katharine Drexel, the Province’s Franciscan Volunteer Ministry was recently presented with the Saint Katharine Drexel National Justice Award. The award was given to FVM by the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament on March 2, the day before the feast of their foundress, during …
Honoring King’s Legacy
Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream lives on at ministries around the Province, as friars and their partners-in-ministry demonstrated by commemorations of the civil rights leader this weekend. In addition to reflecting on King’s work, some ministries took an active role in continuing what he began more than 60 years ago. HNP Commemoration Provincial Minister John O’Connor, OFM, celebrated Mass during the Province’s …