Fr. John Bok, OFM The Church has a liturgical calendar that begins with Advent and continues for four Sundays. Advent ends on December 24 and is obviously followed by Christmas and the Christmas Season, which ended on January…

Will You Remember Our Retired Friars? ~ Do not cast me aside in my old age; as my strength fails, do not forsake me –Psalms 71:9 Nurse Michelle taking Br. Josef’s, 77, blood pressure during one 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…