Our Family of Creation
Jack Wintz, OFM
August 2, 2025
Will we see our pets and other creatures in the next life? Only God can answer a question like this.
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Jack Wintz, OFM
Jack Wintz, OFM, wore many editorial hats at St. Anthony Messenger before his retirement in 2018. He is also the author of Friar Jack's Favorite Prayers and Saint Anthony of Padua: His Life, Legends, and Devotions, both published by Franciscan Media.
All Creatures Great and Small
Jack Wintz, OFM
July 27, 2025
Throughout this canticle, we have seen how Francis saw God’s goodness, radiance and beauty in all creatures.
St. Anthony Sees God
Jack Wintz, OFM
June 10, 2025
One day, when Anthony came down from the tree to join the other friars for lunch, he became seriously ill.
St. Anthony, Our Teacher
Jack Wintz, OFM
June 9, 2025
In canonizing Anthony in 1232, Pope Gregory IX spoke of him as the “Ark of the Testament” and the “Repository of Holy Scripture.”
The Stations of the Cross
Jack Wintz, OFM
March 6, 2025
With the Stations of the Cross, we walk with Jesus in his final act of love and sacrifice.
‘Your Heart Is to Be an Altar of God’
Jack Wintz, OFM
January 10, 2025
In writing to a Poor Clare, St. Bonaventure said, “Your heart is to be an altar of God. It is here that the fire of intense love must burn always.”
Go Forth and Share the Good News
Jack Wintz, OFM
January 8, 2025
God’s love and mercy is revealed in Jesus breathing forth the Spirit of love and forgiveness upon his disciples.