Prayer on the Road
Richard Rohr, OFM
October 29, 2024
One of the earliest accounts of Francis, the “Legend of Perugia,” quotes Francis as telling the first friars, “You only know as much as you do.”
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Trusting the Place Where We Are
Maureen O'Brien
October 28, 2024
The life of St. Clare offers us so many ways to model a life of faith in Christ.
Poverty Exists in the Heart
Sr. Rosemary Stets, OSF
October 26, 2024
For Franciscans today, material poverty is not the greatest concern but rather an acknowledgment that their “poverty of being” is essential.
Carlo Acutis: Miracles, Holy Bread, and a Teen Saint in the Making
Maureen O'Brien
October 25, 2024
“Not me, but God,” Blessed Carlo Acutis is quoted as saying. When this author visited Assisi, she discovered the growing excitement surrounding the millennial teenager’s life, legacy, and sainthood cause.
I’d Like to Say: It’s Time to Act Like St. Francis
Gregory Cellini, OSF
October 25, 2024
In our world of differing political opinions, this Franciscan brother asks you to consider what St. Francis would do to cultivate respect and understanding.
Faith and Family: The Many Faces of Pilgrimage
Susan Hines-Brigger
October 25, 2024
Sometimes, we have to travel to places on our own. Those can be real-life destinations or they can be journeys inward.
Gaze, Consider, Contemplate, Imitate
Sr. Rosemary Stets, OSF
October 25, 2024
An adaptation of Clare’s words, Gaze upon Christ, Consider Christ, Contemplate Christ, can be a Franciscan mantra for those wishing to draw closer to God in contemplative prayer.
Study & Theology: A Conversation with Garrett Galvin
Franciscan Media
October 25, 2024
The following is an excerpt from Franciscan Media’s interview with Garrett Galvin, OFM, the president of the Franciscan School of Theology, for Ep. 7 of our Off the Page Podcast.
Ukrainians gather at Lourdes to pray for peace in homeland and world
OSV News
October 23, 2024
As Russia’s war on Ukraine approaches its 11th year, thousands of Ukrainians from all over the world gathered at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France to pray for peace in their homeland and throughout the world.
US bishops, Catholic groups ask Supreme Court to protect Native American sacred site
OSV News
October 17, 2024
Catholic bishops, groups and legal scholars have joined other religious groups in offering their support to an Indigenous coalition asking the Supreme Court to protect an Apache sacred site from destruction by a copper mining giant. They argue the case has serious implications for the scope of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.