New & Noteworthy
Little Portion Farm Director named to Baltimore's 40 Under 40
The Baltimore Business Journal has named Matt Jones, farm manager at Little Portion Farm, as one of Greater Baltimore’s 2025 40 Under 40. Little Portion Farm, a ministry of the Franciscan Friars Conventual of Our Lady of the Angels Province, ...
Friar John Paul Banks ordained to the priesthood in England
St. Anthony of Padua Church in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England was the setting for the priestly ordination of Friar John Paul Banks, OFM Conv., on Saturday, July 5, 2025. Archbishop John Sherrington, appointed by the late Pope Francis on Apr. ...
Friars lead youth on Assisi pilgrimage
Friar Chris Dudek, OFM Conv., sent photos from the Assisi Pilgrimage. There were 33 participants which included youth from St. Stanislaus Basilica in Chicopee, Mass., UNC Chapel Hill, N.C., Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore, and St. Francis High School, Athol ...
Friar-Archbishop Hartmayer urges new Friar-Priest Sokpolie to live a life of Franciscan simplicity
Our Lady of the Angeles Province welcomed a new friar priest: Friar Franck Lino Sokpolie, OFM Conv., who was ordained to the priesthood by Friar-Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at Holy Cross Catholic Church ...
U.S. Conventual Franciscan Provinces Vest Five Novices
We give thanks to Almighty God for vesting five new novices for our Order in the United States. On Saturday, July 12, 2025, friars from all around the United States gathered at the St. Francis of Assisi Novitiate in Arroyo ...
