On May 31st, elections were held at the Provincial Chapter meeting at St. Meinrad Abbey in Indiana. Our newly elected leadership team (from left) Councilors Br. Vince Delorenzo, OFM, and Br. John Barker, OFM; Minister Provincial Mark Soehner, OFM,…

Marie is grateful for the intercession of St. Anthony. ~ I am sending this donation to St. Anthony’s Bread in appreciation for a favor from St. Anthony. On Saturday, April 30, we were finishing up a pilgrimage of…

Celebrate with the Franciscans! ~ June 13 is the feast day of St. Anthony of Padua.  St. Anthony, one of the most popular saints in the Church, was born in 1195 and died in 1231.  He was only…

Author Barb Coyle holds her book, “In the Land of “Soon Come” illustrated by 14-year-old Taylor Kling. I wrote in a previous newsletter that Barb had written a children’s book called In the Land of Soon Come. …

Barbara Sonnenberg “I loved her dry sense of humor and her ability to engage you in intelligent conversation,” says Sister Ann Bartko, abbess of the Monastery of St. Clare in Cincinnati, of the late Barbara Sonnenberg.  “ I…