A conversation with the Franciscan Minister General and the Editor of The Holy Land Review His job is to be the leader of of Franciscan friars worldwide. He is a successor of St. Francis of Assisi. He is an American and he is the Franciscan […]
St. Francis and the early Nativity
I was very honored to attend the Christmas Midnight Mass at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington, DC. It is an inspiring Mass to attend as it recreates the Mass that St. Francis first inspired in Grecchio where he fist laid a baby Jesus in a manger in front of the altar […]
Beautiful Video of Assisi, Italy
There is a beautiful video posted to Vimeo of scenes of Assisi, Italy and the countryside (click on link below): https://vimeo.com/23619028
The Transitus
The Transitus is a Franciscan devotion to ritually remember the passing of Saint Francis from this life into God. This ritual takes place each year, with Franciscans around the world on the evening of October 3rd. (Feast Day is October 4th) Our fraternity will be having a Transitus Service on Thursday October 3rd from 7-7:30pm […]
Feast of St. Francis
Next week, on October 4th, the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Francis. Francis astounded and inspired the Church eight centuries ago by living the gospel literally. Literally not in a narrow fundamentalist sense, but by actually attempting to follow all that Jesus said and did, joyfully, without limit and without a sense of self-importance. View […]