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Franciscan Inspirations: Size Doesn’t Matter, Really

Jim Van Vurst, OFM May 13, 2020

In our society, it seems that everything has to be bigger or the greatest. “More is more,” as they say. But the truth is this: size is not really that important.

Franciscan Inspirations: Seed Planted Comes to Life

Jim Van Vurst, OFM May 13, 2020

The Gospels are full of moments in which people met Jesus, often in very difficult circumstances, and years later, the significance of their meeting produced marvelous fruit.

Kids, Meet Mary

Susan Hines-Brigger May 13, 2020

Last May, as my family sat in church, I noticed my then-five-year-old son, Alex, carefully eyeing the statue of Mary in the front of church. It had been decorated in honor of the month of May—the month of Mary. When ...

Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Conn., speaks Nov. 13, 2018, at Theology on Tap with Sarah Yaklic, former director of Grotto Network out of the University of Notre Dame, and Jonathan Lewis, assistant secretary for pastoral ministry and social concerns in the Archdiocese of Washington. (CNS photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard) See FAITH-ALIVE 20 April 9, 2020.

Theology-on-Tap: Quenching a Spiritual Thirst

Christopher Heffron May 13, 2020

No longer satisfied with going through the motions of Mass, many young Catholics across the country gather to celebrate and invigorate. Theology-on-Tap quenches two thirsts at once.

Easter Triduum: Holy Thursday

Greg Friedman, OFM May 12, 2020

“I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you.” —1 Corinthians 11:23

Saint Francis and his canticle of the creatures

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.