Today, our guest blogger is Toni Cashnelli, communications director for the province of St. John the Baptist in Cincinnati, Ohio.
What’s this flock of wild turkeys doing on the lawn at St. Anthony Shrine? According to Kenan Freson, OFM, who took the photo earlier this week, they’re making their...
The reflection for Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent from Lent With St. Francis seems appropriate as we await the beginning of the papal conclave.
“It will not be so among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your...
I broke my ankle two weeks ago.
When the nurse asked about the cast’s color, I chose a bright green to remind me the cast would be off before St. Patrick’s Day. I purposely did not choose purple, the color of Lent. And yet this cast is my Lent.
Having never broken anything before nor ever been...
This is the prayer of a saint. He claims to be without blame. He does everything God wants him to do. He is faithful to the covenant. He acknowledges that he can take no credit for himself when he says: “[R]edeem me; be gracious to me!”
As we pray this psalm, we begin to realize that the psalmist is in...
I have bird feeders outside my kitchen window this winter. I live near a forest, so I get a fairly wide variety of birds. Some of the regulars include cardinal, blue jay, chickadee, tufted titmouse, downy woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, and a lovely little wren that occasionally finds its way into the...
When I was a Franciscan novice, there was a retired bishop, Rembert Kowalski, who lived in the novitiate community. As a young Franciscan priest, he volunteered to serve in the missions in China. He was assigned to work in Wuhang, China, in 1925. Eventually, he was selected to be bishop of Wuchang,...
