January 2022

The Answer Found in Walking

Bruce Epperly January 31, 2022

Walking becomes the place of possibility, intimacy, and service. God is our companion as we venture toward new horizons.

Cardinals cite retired pope’s outreach to victims, action against abusers

OSV News January 31, 2022

A cardinal who had served as an aide to now-retired Pope Benedict XVI and was present for his meetings with survivors of clerical sexual abuse said he "never found in him any shadow or attempt to hide or minimize anything."

Saint John Bosco

Franciscan Media January 31

Inspired by Saint Francis de Sales, Saint John Bosco founded the Salesians to continue his work among boys. Then, joining forces with Mary Mazzarello, he helped found the Salesian Sisters. All this during a time when established religious communities in ...

Revealing the Love of Jesus

Patricia Breen McNeil January 30, 2022

During World War II, Fr. Maximilian Kolbe was arrested and taken to Auschwitz. During his imprisonment, a prisoner escaped, and as a result, the commandant announced ten men would die. In cell block 11, there was no screaming--rather the prisoners ...

Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska

Franciscan Media January 30

Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska founded the Felician Sisters as a result of a conversion experience she had while convalescing from an illness. At the age of 44 she was forced to resign due to ill health. She lived however, into ...

Servant of God Brother Juniper

Franciscan Media January 29

Brother Juniper was a simple man who joined Saint Francis in the earliest days of the Order. While Saint Francis praised him and wished he had a “whole forest of such Junipers,” nevertheless, he could be exasperating for his generosity. ...