Honoring the Sacred Nature of Growth

Shannon K. Evans July 5, 2022

Healing your body-soul connection has to come from touching on the sacredness of this vessel you inhabit.

Saint Anthony Zaccaria

Franciscan Media July 5

Saint Anthony Zaccaria lived only 36 years, but he founded three religious communities and contributed to the reformation of the Church. He insisted on various religious or devotional practices to renew the spiritual life of the clergy, religious, and laity.

Sharing the Word for July 5, 2022

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk July 5, 2022

Jesus is an agent of the compassion and mercy of the Father. His works and words are expressions of the love of God toward his human creatures.

Time to Love Yourself

Susan Hines-Brigger July 4, 2022

Throughout the course of the year, people spend a good deal of money to show those in their lives how much they are loved and cared for. But will we take that idea and turn it toward ourselves? Probably not.

Saint Elizabeth of Portugal

Franciscan Media July 4

Saint Elizabeth of Portugal did not have an easy time in spite of the fact that she was royalty. She spent her life seeking peace between herself and her unfaithful husband, and between many of her relatives. Elizabeth saw some progress in this endeavor before retiring to a Poor Clare monastery where she died.

Sharing the Word for July 4, 2022 – Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time – Year 2

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk July 4, 2022

Jesus exercises power over death and illness. Calmly, effortlessly he cures the sick and raises the dead. In the midst of ferment he puts things right then and now.

A Patron Saint for Little Sisters

Christopher Heffron July 3, 2022

As the younger sister of St. Clare, Agnes of Assisi had a tough act to follow! But this holy and humble woman faced the very same challenges and created her own unique identity as a child of God.

Saint Thomas

Franciscan Media July 3

We don’t know a lot about Saint Thomas the Apostle, but tradition has it that he traveled to and preached the gospel in India, where he was eventually martyred. His name means “twin,” and due to his skepticism, he is also known as “Doubting Thomas.”

Saint Oliver Plunkett

Franciscan Media July 2

Saint Oliver Plunkett may not be a household name in the United States but he certainly is well known in the British Isles. The Archbishop of Armagh, Plunkett led his archdiocese through the rough days of persecution of Catholics.