Featured News SU Ministry in Action December 2, 2021: Our Lady of the Angels Province friar and Syracuse University Catholic Campus Minister - Fr. Gerry Waterman, ... Read More Advent Reflection Our Lady of the Angels Province's Boynton Beach, FL pastoral ministry of St. Mark Catholic Church is producing a series ... Read More Canadian Delegation of St. Francis Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. André Bessette November 28-29, 2021: Our Vicar Provincial, Fr. Michael Heine, OFM Conv. joined most of the friars of our Canadian Delegation ... Read More Advent Celebrations Throughout our province ministries, there will be many Advent Liturgies, Prayer Services and Celebrations as we prepare for Christmas. Our ... Read More Greccio 2021 A few years before his death and in remembrance of his visit to the Holy Land, our Seraphic Father Francis ... Read More JPIC Farm Focus After a few frosts, the farm has now begun it’s transformation for the winter. Some plants, like tomatoes, have already ... Read More All Saints of the Seraphic Order ~ November 29th In the Bull of Pope Honorius III, issued November 29, 1223, the Final Rule of our Order was ratified.  The Rule was ... Read More Daily Advent Reflections with Fr. Jude Winker, OFM Conv. Presented by The Companions of St. Anthony, each reflection focuses on the daily readings of Advent beginning on Sunday, November ... Read More 125 Years of Franciscan Presence at St Adalbert Parish On the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Sunday, November 21, 2021, our province pastoral ministry ... Read More Consecration to the Immaculate Consistent with our Franciscan charism and tradition of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, our province is promoting opportunities to ... Read More Vocation Promotion at NCYC The 2021 NCYC (National Catholic Youth Conference) was held November 18-20, 2021, in Indianapolis, IN, with a Virtual attendance option ... Read More Year of St. Joseph As we enter the last days of the Year of St. Joseph; marking the 150th anniversary of Blessed Pope Pius ... Read More Franciscan Pilgrimage Opportunity After a long pandemic pause, Our Lady of the Angels Province is once again sponsoring a Franciscan Pilgrimage to a ... Read More Ministry Moment with Fr. Jude DeAngelo, OFM Conv. Taken from The Catholic University of America Facebook Page: "In a treasured tradition, (Our Lady of the Angels Province friar) Father ... Read More Shrine of Guadalupe's Lit Torch Reaches Our Province November 16, 2021: The people of our Siler City, NC pastoral ministry of St Julia Catholic Community welcomed the lit ... Read More Ministries Working Together Starting on Sunday, November 14, 2021, Fr. Richard-Jacob Forcier, OFM Conv. (Our Lady of the Angels Province Secretary, Director & ... Read More Consecration to the Immaculate Consistent with our Franciscan charism and tradition of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, our province is promoting opportunities to ... Read More Provincial visit to Normandy While visiting the Église Saint-Ferréol of Cauquigny, to bless the new stained glass window in the chapelle des Parachutés (aka ... Read More Veteran's Day 2021 In 2019, in honor of Veteran’s Day, Our Lady of the Angels Province friar and our Order's new Delegate General ... Read More Consecration to the Immaculate Consistent with our Franciscan charism and tradition of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, our province is promoting opportunities to ... Read More Congratulations friar Raad! A great vocation moment happened on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, as friar Raad Eshoo, OFM Conv. a Post-Novitiate student friar ... Read More 60th Anniversary of Ordination ~ Friar Raymond Fr. Raymond Borkowski, OFM Conv. 60th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood Anniversary Mass Sunday, November 7, 2021 St. Paul Church, Kensington, CT 12:00pm Informal Reception Saint ... Read More Reflection by Fr. Ed Ondrako, OFM Conv. November 8: Bl. John Duns Scotus anticipates a Culture of Encounter 32nd Wk B; Wis 1:1-7; Lk 17:1-6; Theme: Love justice, you ... Read More Catching Up with br. Cristofer... ”These young people are really steadfast in their pursuit for justice," said Franciscan Br. Cristofer Fernández, a conservation ecologist and ... Read More Congratulations Friar Michael! On October 28, 2021, the Minister General and his Definitory nominated Friar Michael LASKY as the new Delegate General for ... Read More

We, Franciscan Friars of Our Lady of the Angels Province, Order of Friars Minor Conventual (OFM Conv.) are members of a worldwide Roman Catholic fraternity following the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the spirit of our founder, St. Francis of Assisi. We invite you to take some time to explore our website to learn about us and our various ministries.

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Our Lady of the Angels Province is sponsoring the 1st Annual Franciscan Pilgrimage to the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, April 30, 2022. Led by Fr. Jobe Abbass, OFM Conv., our Delegate for the Marian Apostolate, the Program is for all friars, M.I. members, and all the faithful to join us in celebrating our devotion to the Immaculate Mother of God.

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Message excerpt from the Holy Father’s November 17, 2021 – General Audience: “Today I would like to send a message to all the men and women who live in the most forgotten geographical peripheries of the world, or who experience situations of existential marginalization. May you find in Saint Joseph the witness and protector to look to. We can turn to him with this prayer, a “home-made” prayer, but one that comes from the heart:”