(This is a reflection I prepared for our quarterly magazine, The Capuchin Journey ) One of St. Francis of Assisi’s early biographers, Brothe...

(Reflection prepared for our vocation department's social media) In the first reading for the Mass of Christmas Eve morning we hear how ...

(Reflection prepared for our vocation department's social media) Each year the 2nd Sunday of Advent recalls the preaching of St. John th...

Among the various quotes and greetings on Twitter for the feast of St. Francis yesterday, there was also mention of the almond cookies that...

After morning Mass at our neighbor, the basilica of St. Teresa of Ávila, I returned to the house and entered the refectory. There I saw eve...

On the following day, therefore, the man of God was presented by that cardinal to the pope, to whom he revealed his entire holy proposal....

(From Assisi Compilation  56) Seeing that the Lord willed to increase the number of brothers, blessed Francis told them: "My dearest...

The other day, thanks to one of the friars, there arrived in my hands the English version of the pastoral letter of Archbishop Domenico Sorr...

Over the last couple weeks a visiting friar has displaced me from my regular place in choir. Not a big deal, though I don't like my litt...

I've been thinking about trying to write this post for a long time. There's a lot of begging in Rome. There are scammers too, but ...

Back on the feast of All Franciscan Saints, long-time internet friend and sometime fellow American in Rome Fr. Daren J. Zehnle tweeted this...

The Franciscan traditions provides Franciscan friars with a simple and robust theology of fundraising. Thomas of Celano, the first biograp...

By gift or blessed coincidence, my turn to preside at the community Mass fell on today, the feast of our Seraphic Doctor St. Bonaventure. ...

I noticed this painting of the Protomartyrs of the Order on Italian Wikipedia. It made me think that perhaps we can seek the intercession of...

[St. Francis] used to observe the Nativity of the Child Jesus with an immense eagerness above all other solemnities, affirming it was the Fe...

Today is the feast of St. Francis. As the Roman-Seraphic Liturgy of the Hours puts it, 'St. Francis of Assisi, Deacon, Founder of the Th...

The other day someone put the question to me: 'why did you become a Franciscan?' I was caught a little off guard. There's no sho...

I just think this is a remarkable passage and so I wanted to post it: Whatever good a brother may do with a right intention and on his own...

So if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before ...

They recommended it to us when we were students, but I've rarely preached on one of the orations for a Mass. But I did on Monday (Decemb...