A retreat or pilgrimage can be life changing. A time of spiritual growth and deepening of your walk with God. Our Franciscan friars want to help you in your spiritual journey. Check out this list of our Franciscan retreats and pilgrimages.
Read More800 years ago during the 5th Crusade, Francis of Assisi crossed the battlefields to share the Christian faith with Muslim leader, al-Malik al-Kamil in Egypt. In celebration of this event the friars invite you to join them in viewing the film, The Sultan and the Saint, at locations around Cincinnati and Detroit.
Read More"I was ready to give up and tell the auditors I could not find the file when it occurred to me that I had not asked for St. Anthony’s help. I left the office, said a prayer to St. Anthony and calmed myself down."
Read MoreThe friars are thrilled to again be participating in the 100th Cincinnati Reds Opening Day Parade starting at noon at Findlay Market in Over-the-Rhine.
Read MoreJoin the friars for "Our Journey of Mercy, Lent in the Spirit of St. Francis" Reflection Series over 3 Wednesdays in Lent. Adoration, Confession, Compline, and Stations of the Cross on Friday too.
Read MoreSt. Anthony finds Miriam's cherished diamond from her mother's wedding ring.
Read MoreSign of Contradiction, a new documentary of the life of St. Francis of Assisi presents St. Francis as a real person, not a caricature of an animal-loving saint from a distant time.
Read MoreThe Sarah Center is a female-centered outreach ministry and safe gathering place for impoverished women in Over the Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.
Read MoreBr. Michael Charron, Franciscan friar and soon-to-be lawyer for the poor.
Read MoreI just love St. Anthony and have a little shrine in my room.
Read MoreSt. Padre Pio featured in the 2019 Lent prayer pocket booklet.
Read MoreWe can’t say thank you enough for your gifts of support, trust, and prayers.
Read MoreMy grandmother stopped my brother and I and my two cousins and had us hold hands and say a prayer to St. Anthony.
Read MoreFr. Murray Bodo reads The Christmas Story from the Gospel of Luke.
Read MoreFr. Ric Schneider drew the names for the 5 winners of his handmade birdhouses.
Read MorePrepare 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 7 pm – 8 pm. We’ll start with songs, prayers,…
Read MoreChicken 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 around but too late. I hit my head on the…
Read MoreMost times when a friar leaves the Order, he will continue to be involved in ministry, just in a different way.
Read MoreLights fill the room during the light vigil portion of a memorial service at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Twp. on Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. The service was quickly organized by local Jewish youth groups in response to the anti-Semitic mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday. The…
Read MoreAs disciples of Christ, Franciscan Media helps people seek the transformative love of Jesus. Two of their most recent books are featured below. Surrounded by Love: Seven Teachings from Saint Francis In his newest book, Fr. Murray Bodo, OFM, brings to life seven teachings from the life…
Read MorePray through Advent with St. Clare of Assisi. Our novena to St. Clare this summer was very powerful and many people received answers to their prayers. Continue praying with this powerful saint with this year’s pocket-size Advent prayer booklet, Advent with Saint Clare, by Susan Hines-Brigger If you already receive…
Read MoreAnswer to prayer comes in the mail. I was born on June 13th, and have always been devoted to St. Anthony. Years ago I lost my license on a day when I had occasion to take it out both at home and outside the home as well. I searched…
Read More‘May they find loving humans’ Every animal has a story. That’s what five friars learned October 6 when they volunteered for the province’s first-ever pet blessing at Cincinnati’s SPCA adoption center in Sharonville. Br. David Crank with Ma-Be, a Maltese Friars Tim Lamb and Bill Farris set out…
Read MoreOur retired friars move more slowly than in years past; their commitments are smaller in number. But their desire to serve in the Franciscan spirit has not wavered.
Read MoreThe Feast of St. Francis is October 4 Celebrate our founder by joining with the friars in these activities and events around the province. Solemn Novena in Honor of St. Francis of Assisi We invite you to pray an online novena with us, September 25 –…
Read MoreThe oldest and the youngest, Fr. John with Hannah, his first cousin thrice removed. I read yesterday in the USA Today section of The Cincinnati Enquirer that 1 in 3 Americans have cut ties with family as a result of their intolerance of other races, religions, etc. My first…
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