Focused Lenten Almsgiving ~ Br. Tim with his Missioning Crucifix The traditional practices of Lent are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Sometimes it helps to give a focus to those practices. So this Lent, in an act of…

Pray with us during ‘24 Hours for the Lord’ ~ When Pope Francis announced the Jubilee Year of Mercy, one of the things he called for was “24 Hours for the Lord,” to be held on the Friday and…

In almost 39 years as a priest, “I never did an anointing in a hospital while surgery was going on,” says Fr. Al Hirt, OFM ~ Fr. Al Hirt, OFM That changed when Fr. Al got…

St. Peters Basilica in Vatican City  Pilgrimage to the Shrines of Italy September 27 – October 7, 2016 ~ Join Fr. Larry Zurek, OFM, for an incredible tour of some of Italy’s most sacred and…

Jeanne hand-made this quilt for her niece’s son. The design is called “Eye Spy” . . . it’s meant for the parents and baby to play the “I spy with my little eye” game, so it has many…