Featured News JPIC ~ Novitiate Visit April 12-19, 2021: Our Lady of the Angels Province JPIC (Justice, Peace & the Integrity of Creation) Commission Chairman, Fr. ... Read More Ministry in Action Great Job, St. Lucie Catholic Church, our pastoral ministry in Port St. Lucie, FL, served by Fr. Mark Szanyi, OFM ... Read More Friable Friar Seasons One and Two Season One is presented Br. Nick Romeo, OFM Conv. (Province Vocation Director) and  in Season Two, a variety of friars tell the ... Read More Scripture Reflections ~ Fr. Jude Winkler, OFM Conv. Our Lady of the Angels Province friar, Fr. Jude Winkler, OFM Conv. is not only a prolific author for all ... Read More Latest Installment of the Earlier Rule Series from the Curia Doing Penance… In the previous reflection, we mentioned prayer and fasting. Both the life of prayer and the life of ... Read More The Mission of St. Francis and the First Friars - Installment #4 Characteristics of Religious Orders in His Day: Monastic life gained particular importance in the Middle Ages. It was seen as ... Read More 58th World Day of Prayer for Vocations ~ April 25, 2021 Each year, on Good Shepherd Sunday (April 25 this year), the Church celebrates the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.  As ... Read More News from the Novitiate A message from the friars of the Novitiate: "Happy Easter from all of us here at St. Francis of Assisi Novitiate. ... Read More Catching up with friar Cristofer: Our Lady of the Angels Province student friar Cristofer M. Fernández, OFM Conv. is completing his first year of post-novitiate ... Read More JPIC - Farm Focus Beds of spinach and kale that were planted in late October or even early November spent the winter as tiny ... Read More Checking in with Friar John, at the Vatican Tuesday, March 30, 2021: The friars at the Convento San Pietro - Collegio dei Penitenzieri Vaticani (Friary of St. Peter ... Read More Congratulations Friar Joe! March 21, 2021: The City of Chicopee, MA honored Our Lady of the Angels Province friar, Fr. Joe Bayne, OFM ... Read More Stations of the Cross around the Province March 29, 2021: Our friars serving at The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC), Fr. Jude DeAngelo, OFM Conv., Fr ... Read More CUA Remembers Saint Óscar Romero In addition to our friars serving in Campus Ministry at The Catholic University of America, we have several student friars ... Read More Servant of God Friar Léon Veuthey, OFM Conv. ~ Heroic Virtue Decree A Vatican News 3-18-2021 online article, states that on March 17, 2021, the Holy Father Francis authorized the Congregation for ... Read More Religious Brothers' Day ~ May 1, 2021 Our own Br. Nick Romeo, OFM Conv. will be one of the speakers for this virtual gathering at 1:30pm ET, ... Read More New Vocations Brochure ~ Canadian Delegation Our Province Delegation of St. Francis of Assisi has produced a new Vocations Brochure.  If you live in Canada and ... Read More Top 5 Discernment Questions vocations@olaprovince.org - Br. Nick, our Province Vocation Director, answers the top 5 questions about discerning a Franciscan vocation. Read More Canadian Delegation Celebrates the Year of St. Joseph With joy and gratitude, the friars of Our Lady of the Angels Province’s Canadian Delegation of St. Francis of Assisi ... Read More Year of St. Joseph Reflections St. Joseph, Light of Patriarchs Reflection by Our Lady of the Angels Province, Minister Provincial The Very Reverend Fr. James McCurry, OFM ... Read More Continued Prayers for the Pandemic Covid-19 – Prayer of Solidarity For all who have contracted coronavirus, we pray for care and healing. For those who are particularly vulnerable, we ... Read More St. Clare Inn ~ Sips In Slippers Gala St. Clare Inn - Virtual Spring Gala St. Clare Inn (Toronto, ON) is a transitional housing project offering accommodation to homeless ... Read More New International Assistant of the Militia of the Immaculate [M.I.] March 1, 2021: Appointed by the Minister General of the Order, Friar Gilson Miguel Nunes, OFM Conv.,  from the Province ... Read More Friable Friar ~ Vocational Discernment Real friars tell the tales of their vocations: More "Friable Friar Season One" and "Friable Friar Season Two" Episodes produced via ... Read More Behind the Quill Presented by Franciscan Voice, "Behind the Quill" is a series of living history stylized conversations with the authors of the ... Read More

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