Franciscan Saints

Lent with the Saints: Anthony of Padua

Greg Friedman, OFM March 26, 2020

Exodus 32:7–14; Psalm 106:19–20, 21–22, 23; John 5:31–47

Before he became the “go-to” saint for finding lost objects, St. Anthony of Padua had another nickname: “The Hammer of Heretics.”

Murray Bodo, OFM February 6, 2020

This beloved story of the wolf has a lot to teach us about peacemaking in our own times.

Jack Wintz, OFM February 4, 2020

The creation story of Genesis suggests that God’s care and love extend to all creatures.

Robert Ellsberg January 29, 2020

On July 30, 1941, a prisoner escaped from Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi camp in Poland...

Brian Jordan, OFM January 27, 2020

Pope John Paul II canonized Conventual Franciscan Father Maximilian Kolbe in Rome on October 10, 1982.

Susan Hines-Brigger November 6, 2019

I once heard a priest refer to everyone he met as a “saint.”

Rose Pacatte, FSP October 29, 2019

At first glance they couldn’t be more different. But the subjects of these two new films are united by their heroic devotion to faith and justice.