Prayer

Miriam’s Shrine to St. Anthony Love, devotion, faith I would like to share my story of my love for St. Anthony. My experience happened when we lived in Atlanta, Georgia. I was busy cleaning our home one morning when…

“I just love St. Anthony and have a little shrine in my room.” When my mother died, she gave me some money, with which I purchased a pair of earrings. I wore them always. Then I lost one. I…

Roger Bacon students at the 2018 March for Life rally in Washington, D.C. Fr. Roger Lopez, OFM, theology teacher and Director of Roger Bacon’s Respect Life Organization is again taking a group of students to the annual March for…

Scaffolding for the renovations at Holy Family Parish in Oldenburg, Indiana Growth and Renovations at Holy Family The renovations began right after the first of the year.  After two weeks of renovations, Holy Family church is  full of scaffolding…

Journey through Lent with Padre Pio A powerful intercessor, Padre Pio, also known as Saint Pio of Pietrelcina was a Franciscan priest in Italy known for his piety, charity, and the gift of the stigmata. Padre Pio is responsible for countless…

“I rely on him incredibly” St. Anthony has been my special saint since I was 5 years old. One day, at the beach we lost the cap to the blow up raft and it wouldn’t hold air. My grandmother…

Prepare your heart for Our Lord You are invited to join us at the St. Anthony Shrine for a new Advent series entitled Leave a Chair for Christ. The three Wednesdays during Advent, we’ll gather from…

Chicken Livers and Raspberries ~ I slipped and fell on my kitchen floor because of some spilled grease from frying chicken livers. It happened in a flash. My wooden cane just whooshed out from under me and I flailed…

One of the many nativities from around the world at ‘A Franciscan Christmas’ at the Christian Moerlein Event Center “May the coming Advent Season be a time of joyful anticipation & hope. –SJB Provincial…

For unto you a child is born ~ Bring your friends and family to ‘A Franciscan Christmas’ in historic Over-the-Rhine in Cincinnati.  Enter the courtyard of St. Francis Seraph Church on the corner of Liberty and Vine to…