(The latest update from Fr. Bert Heise, OFM, one of our retired friars living at St. Margaret Hall nursing facility.)  My Good People! When I came to St. Margaret Hall in August of 2010, our Provincial Minister, Jeffery Scheeler, OFM, wrote…

(At 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 29, Ed Gura clocked out of a 12-hour shift at Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center for the final time. After 16 years as an ICU nurse – one of the most demanding jobs imaginable –…

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I Have A Dream” speech at the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. Last Monday in the late afternoon I took a walk downtown, listening to NPR’s evening news program…

While painting an outdoor plant shelf attached to the house I had to lie on my back in the dirt and squirm my way around for about 24 feet. In the process I lost my Miraculous Medal from the…

Fiscal-Cliff Bill Restores Tax-Free IRA Distributions If you are 70½ or older and care about the work of the Franciscans, we have good news for you.  The fiscal-cliff bill, known as the American Taxpayer Relief Act of…

Guests line up for food at the St. Anthony Soup Kitchen. Well, I am getting this just under the wire (6:15 p.m. EST)—but let me wish each of you a very happy and blessed 2013. Life in…

Br. Giovanni Reid, OFM, in front of the homes for the Transitional Living Program. “Someone can be doing terrible things and still be a victim …can have done wrong and still deserve help.”…