Charitable gift annuities provide donors with an immediate tax deduction, guaranteed fixed payments for life, and the satisfaction of providing future support for the Franciscans. As annuity rates are based on the age of the person establishing the annuity,…
Read MoreFriars tell why they chose to follow St. Francis in a series of videos. “I felt a sense of being home,” Fr. Colin King says of his decision to join the Order of Friars Minor.
Read MoreFr. David Moczulski, OFM, blesses stuffed animals at Sisters of Charity chapel. Love pours forth ~ “They’re real for the kids,” Fr. David Moczulski says of the dozens of stuffed animals he blessed this week…
Read MoreFacing the unthinkable ~ Last week our Communications Director Toni Cashnelli gathered videos and statements from our friars in response to the shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead and 489 wounded. We began this week…
Read MoreSt. Anthony is the patron saint of lost things. Last week, we asked our Facebook followers to share their St. Anthony stories of lost and found and still waiting. Out of 89 responses, we chose a few to share with…
Read MoreJoAnn in California relies on St. Anthony ~ On a Wednesday of this year I had gone to a big box store for carpets. I used my credit card. Then I stopped in at a local McDonalds and purchased…
Read MoreLoading ‘Josey’ the van is a science and an art. ~ Now in its seventh year, the Get Kids to School program in Negril, Jamaica, is making sure 150 children have the uniforms and supplies they need to…
Read MoreVocations Director Fr. Page Polk and Associate Director Fr. Richard Goodin The two new faces in the Vocation office are Fr. Page Polk, OFM, Director of Vocations (left) and Fr. Richard Goodin, OFM, Assoc. Director of Vocations (right). …
Read MoreListening to the prompting of the Lord ~ I just wanted to send a gift and note to give thanks to God and St. Anthony for helping me to find my phone last week (June 13) that I lost…
Read MoreFr. Colin with Avaree, the newest altar server at St. Mary’s After eight years of formation and study, newly ordained Fr. Colin King, OFM was eager to begin his first assignment as a priest and missionary in Negril,…
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