Featured News Meet Friar Benedict Meet Fr. Benedict LaVolpe, OFM Conv.! Born in 1971, in Wollongong NSW Australia, to a first generation Italian family, he entered the ... Read More New Friar Assignments 2022 On August 15, 2022 ~ the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, most of the over half ... Read More 175th Anniversary Celebration - Assumption Church Sunday, August 14, 2022: Our Lady of the Angels Province's Syracuse, NY pastoral ministry ~ the Franciscan Church of the ... Read More Four Friars-in-Formation Renew Simple Vows As their summer assignments came toward an end, four of our friars-in-formation renewed their Simple/Temporary Vows, including friar Fabian Adderley, ... Read More FrancisCorps 24 Volunteer Commissioning Mass On Sunday August 8, 2022, the morning Mass at our Syracuse NY pastoral ministry - Assumption Church included the commissioning ... Read More Saint John Henry Newman Association Conference August 10th is the anniversary of St. John Henry Newman's death in 1890. Fr. Ed Ondrako presents information from the ... Read More Reflection by Fr. Ed Ondrako, OFM Conv. Newman and the Gift of Modernity [18th wk] “I will place my law within them, and write it upon their hearts” ... Read More News from the Novitiate Our Franciscan Friars Conventual Novitiate for the Provinces of North America is located in Arroyo Grande, CA, at the St. ... Read More Feast of Our Lady of the Angels - August 2 On this Feast of Our Lady of the Angels, as we begin our third* Province Quadrennium, we reflect on these words ... Read More Novitiate Class of 2022-2023 On July 13, 2022, a new year began for the community at the St. Francis of Assisi Novitiate in Arroyo ... Read More +Fr. Martin de Porres Maria Ward, OFM Conv. in the News July 27, 2022 Black Catholic Messenger - article by Nate Tinner-Williams - featuring the cause of +Fr. Martin de Porres ... Read More Apostolic Year of Formation Adapted from the 07/27/2022 St. Francis High School Facebook post: Our Lady of the Angels Province student friar Antonio Moualeu, OFM ... Read More News from the Friars of Our Custody in Brazil On Saturday, October 22, 2022, our Province's Immaculate Conception Custody (Brazil) will celebrate the Priestly Ordination of Frei Jesus Rodrigues ... Read More The Golden Thread Magazine - July 2022 Edition Read More Job Opening ~ Volunteer Maryland AmeriCorps Member ~ Little Portion Farm The Volunteer Maryland AmeriCorps Member will support the Farm Manager in recruiting and overseeing volunteers for a wide range of ... Read More Bicycle Pilgrimage with Friar Bogusław Written by ~ Fr. Bogusław Dąbrowski, OFM Conv. July 16-17, 2022: I participated in the Bicycle Pilgrimage from New Jersey to ... Read More Congratulations, Br. Vincent! Br. Vincent Vivian, OFM Conv. made his Solemn Profession, in our St. Hyacinth Friary Chapel (Chicopee, Massachusetts), on July 16, ... Read More Ordinary Provincial Chapter 2022 – Part II July 11-15, 2022: Friar Delegates of Our Lady of the Angels Province joined the Assistant General of the CFF [Conventual ... Read More Welcome New Postulants On July 6, 2022, the Minister Provincial of our Province, Fr. Michael Heine, OFM Conv. (pictured at left with the ... Read More JPIC Farm Focus July 5, 2022 U.S. Catholic Cover Story - online article: "Catholic farmers do the dirty work of sustainable living" featuring ... Read More Summer with our Student Friars Friar Richard Rome, OFM Conv. is a Solemnly Professed Friar, in formation for the priesthood. He began his 2022 Summer ... Read More Franciscan Friars Conventual Grey Habit Questions are often presented about the varying colors of grey (light to almost black) of our Order's habit. As you can see ... Read More Statue of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Anthony of Padua Entering the cortile at the entrance of our Ellicott City, MD ministry ~ The Shrine of St. Anthony, as you ... Read More Brazil's Quinquennio June 20-25, 2022: Two friars of our Province's Immaculate Conception Custody, Frei Jesus Rodrigues do Amaral, OFM Conv. (left)and Frei ... Read More JPIC Focused Solemn Vow Pilgrimage June 1-18, 2022: Fr. Michael Lasky, OFM Conv., the Order's Delegate General for JPIC and a friar of our province, ... Read More

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