Celebrating October’s Saints
Jack Wintz, OFM
September 30, 2021
One of the riches of our Catholic faith is our calendar of canonized saints. Here is just a sample of those we remember in the month of October.
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Father M.J. Groark: A Friar for Broken People
Karen Callaway (photos) | Joyce Duriga (text)
September 25, 2021
As the nation battles an opioid crisis, Father M.J. Groark shares his story in hopes of showing others a path to recovery and redemption.
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Living as St. Francis of Assisi Did
Patrick Carolan
September 25, 2021
What does the Franciscan way of life have to offer laypeople?
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Reflections on the Stigmata of St. Francis
Jack Wintz, OFM
September 1, 2021
The Greek word stigma means “a scar left by a hot iron: brand,” according to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (Eleventh Edition). Stigmata—the plural form of the same Greek word—can also mean “bodily marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ.”
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St. Clare: Light of Assisi
Sister Margaret Carney, OSF STD
July 25, 2021
When this beloved saint died, the Church lost a luminary. But her legacy shines brightly to this day.
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Let Us Pray: St. Clare’s Prayerful Life
Carol Ann Morrow
July 25, 2021
The privilege of poverty, as much as I can embrace it, is an outer simplification. Advancing age reveals it to me, but Clare shows me how to maximize its revelations.
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