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Notes from a Friar: Life Everlasting

Jim Van Vurst, OFM August 18, 2022

I see heaven as one infinitely loving gathering of God’s people…one that will never end.

The Simple, Sublime Faith of Children

Jim Van Vurst, OFM August 17, 2022

Children see things simply, speaking directly because their honesty comes from their hearts and is totally sincere. This is especially true in their relationships with God.

Pope warns Somalia at risk of famine, appeals for aid

OSV News August 16, 2022

Pope Francis called on the international community to help the people of Somalia who are at risk of famine due to severe drought.

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Franciscan Media August 15

The doctrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is recent: 1950. But the belief among the faithful that Mary was assumed body and soul into heaven at the time of her death dates to the early Church.

For first time since pandemic, pilgrims hike Ireland’s holiest mountain

OSV News August 2, 2022

Thousands of pilgrims hiked up Ireland’s holiest mountain for the annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage, held for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
The pilgrimage traditionally is held the last Sunday of July, but it was postponed in 2020 and 2021 over concerns that COVID-19 would spread among more than 20,000 people who climb the mountain’s narrow pathway on that day.

The name “Croagh Patrick” comes from the Irish/Gaelic “Cruach Phádraig,” meaning “Patrick’s Stack.” The mountain is known locally as the Reek, from the word stack.

Saint Alphonsus Liguori

Franciscan Media August 1

Saint Alphonsus Liguori was a great moral theologian as well as the founder of the Redemptorists. He wrote in the areas of spirituality and doctrine to the edification of his diocese and others.

Seven Days with Solanus Casey: From Holy Life to Eternal Life

Leo Wollenweber, OFM Cap July 31, 2022

“Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger people. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks.” —Solanus Casey

Blessed Solanus Casey

Franciscan Media July 30

Blessed Solanus Casey became one of Detroit’s best-known priests, even though he was not allowed to preach formally or to hear confessions.

Blessed Stanley Rother

Franciscan Media July 28

Blessed Stanley Rother grew up in Oklahoma on his parents’ farm in what could be described as a normal environment. Life changed radically for him when he was ordained a priest in 1963, and again in 1968, when he volunteered for the missions in Guatemala. But the final change came when civil war reached his parish in 1980. He was assassinated on July 28, 1981.