Franciscan Spirituality

St. Maximilian Kolbe: Franciscan Martyr

Robert Ellsberg January 29, 2020

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

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People walk in dense fog in the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp during ceremonies in late January marking the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of the camp and International Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day in in Oswiecim, Poland. (CNS photo/Kacper Pempel, Reuters)

St. Maximilian Kolbe: A Life of Heroic Love

Brian Jordan, OFM January 27, 2020

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

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Man staring out the window | Photo by Anaya Katlego on Unsplash

Be Still and Know

Casey Cole, OFM January 23, 2020

I believe we are naturally restless people.

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Travel luggage with stickers | Photo by Mary J. Friedrich on Unsplash

Learning to Let Go

Casey Cole, OFM January 21, 2020

I have moved many times in my life. Twelve times, in fact.

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St. Francis: Lover of the Eucharist

Christopher Heffron November 5, 2019

St. Francis of Assisi’s life is a study in contrasts. He is admired the world over, yet he’s a hard one to neatly categorize. Born into great wealth, the young Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone stripped himself, literally, of all ...

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Facing Life’s Monsters

David Dault, PhD October 13, 2019

It’s October, and the long sunlight in the afternoons and the coming chill in the air sing the approach of autumn. Fall has always been my favorite season, with hayrides and visits to the apple orchards south of Chicago with ...

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