New & Noteworthy

The 2025 National Chapter of Secular Franciscans opened with a Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit at the Bon Secours Retreat Center in Marriottsville, Maryland, on Tuesday, Sept. 9. The celebrant was Friar Gary Johnson, OFM Conv., vicar provincial and ...

Friar Peter George Flynn, OFM Conv., ordained to the priesthood
On the morning of Saturday, August 30, 2025, at the Conventual Franciscan parish of Our Lady of the Visitation in Dublin, Ireland, Deacon Peter George Flynn, OFM Conv. was ordained a friar-priest. The ordaining bishop, the Most Rev. Paul Dempsey, auxiliary ...
Friar Gerry Waterman, OFM Conv., walks with college students on their faith journey
Friar Gerry Waterman, OFM Conv., was a guest on "Catholic Conversation," produced by the Diocese of Syracuse, talking about what it means to walk with Syracuse University students in their faith journey, and how the chapel and new Catholic center ...