Saints Anthony and Francis Loved Creation
Jack Wintz, OFM
June 15, 2023
As we strive to respect God’s earth, let us love the natural world as they did.
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Why St. Anthony Holds the Child Jesus
Jack Wintz, OFM
May 12, 2021
This friar offerings a refreshing take on this beloved saint.
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St. Anthony of Padua: His Beginnings
Jack Wintz, OFM
May 19, 2020
Anthony was born in 1195 (13 years after St. Francis) in Lisbon, Portugal, at the mouth of the Tagus River, from which explorers would later sail across the Atlantic.
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Franciscan Inspirations: Memories of Padua
Jack Wintz, OFM
May 16, 2020
As the feast of Saint Anthony (June 13) draws near, my memories go back to Padua where I spent several days in 2014.
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St. Francis and His Canticle of the Creatures
Jack Wintz, OFM
May 12, 2020
We all owe a great debt to St. Francis of Assisi and to his Canticle of the Creatures for leading us to the conviction that all brother and sister creatures make up one family under God’s loving care.
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Saint Francis for Seekers
Barbara Beckwith
May 9, 2020
Over 40 years ago, a gentle Franciscan high school teacher penned a seminal book about Saint Francis. It wasn’t a biography or a treatise on the little Poor Man of Assisi but a romantic, imaginative work that presents the saint from the ...
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