Franciscan Spirit Blog

St. Anthony of Padua

St. Anthony, Help Me Find…Beauty

St. Anthony of Padua, that Hammer of Heretics, serves as a model to me that I am to preach against any dualism within myself that blocks an openness to beauty.
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Saint Anthony Novena Day Three: The Missionary

Anthony was a missionary in Morocco for less than a year. Little is known about those months except that Anthony became so ill that his superiors decided to send him back home.
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Saint Anthony Novena Day Two: Rooted in Scripture

Anthony had an extraordinary knowledge of Scripture, thanks to the natural gifts that were expanded by his excellent education as an Augustinian canon.
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Saint Anthony Novena Day One: Man of Many Talents

In almost 11 years as a Friar Minor, Anthony had six very different ministries in three countries. Today we might ask, “Why couldn’t he keep a job?”
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Gun Violence and Our Year of Living Dangerously

With gun violence on the rise, we as a nation find ourselves at a crossroads.
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Sisterhood of Saints: Joan of Arc

Until the bitter end this holy warrior was confident she had remained obedient to God.
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The Franciscan Embrace of ‘the Other’ 

The call to enter into the world of “the other” contains a costly component. Moving from accepted bias, taboos, and prejudices is not an easy step. 
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