What’s Your Availability to Others?
Daniel Imwalle
February 8, 2023
Reflect It’s easy to get caught up with the frenetic pace of life, to forget that someone in our path today might be hurting quietly,
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Daniel Imwalle
Daniel Imwalle serves as the managing editor of St. Anthony Messenger. He also manages Franciscan Media's popular daily prayer resource, Pause+Pray. When he isn't busy catching stray commas, Daniel is probably writing and playing music. He and his wife, Belinda, make their home in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sister Shirley Shafranek, OFS/T
Daniel Imwalle
January 5, 2023
You could say that Sister Shirley Shafranek, OFS/T, was born a Franciscan and that, as her life unfolded, so did her realization that God was calling her to religious life.
Choosing a Better Way
Daniel Imwalle
December 27, 2022
Reflect “C.S. Lewis, one of the great Christian scholars and writers of the 20th century, wrote that the goal of the Christian is simple: to
A Merry—and Prayerful—Christmas!
Daniel Imwalle
December 25, 2022
Reflect With joy and conviction, today we say, “Merry Christmas!” And it truly is a beautiful and holy day. Still, like all things in our
No Loss of Light
Daniel Imwalle
December 21, 2022
Reflect “A candle loses none of its own light when it lights another candle. It’s a great description of what happens to us when we
Al Hirt, OFM
Daniel Imwalle
December 14, 2022
When Father Al Hirt, OFM, was a child growing up in Batesville, Indiana, the Franciscan friars who ran St. Louis Church seemed omnipresent in the small Midwestern town.
Crèches from around the Globe
Daniel Imwalle
December 9, 2022
Brother Tim Sucher, OFM, has loved Nativity scenes since he was a small child. Now he has amassed a collection of over 100 crèches from all over the world.