
Notes from a Friar: Ordinary Time Is Anything but Ordinary
We’ve finished the Christmas season and are into Ordinary Time—or as a friend of mine calls it, “Boring Time.”
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We’ve finished the Christmas season and are into Ordinary Time—or as a friend of mine calls it, “Boring Time.”

Saint Clare of Assisi offered a new approach to authority and sisterhood, to community prayer, to the enclosure, and to financial security.

Saint Anthony of Padua is a name that conjures up many ideas and images: some factual, some the stuff of legends, some just plain silly.

Two thousand years ago, Mary had a baby. We can relate a few historical facts about both mother and child, but very few.

The Church’s teaching on cremation is solidly rooted in the core beliefs of our faith.

St. Bonaventure may not be as well-known as Sts. Francis and Anthony, but he is an important figure in both Franciscan history and the history of the medieval Church.

Every feast day has a story, and the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart is no exception.