The selection from the Acts of the Apostles for the first reading today is one of my favorites: Then Paul stood up at the Areopagus and sai...

There was a buzz yesterday about a scolding issued by our archbishop, Cardinal Egan, against former mayor Rudy Giuliani for receiving Commun...

Last night we were having a wake for one of the friars. His funeral is this morning. When we were asked to share memories and stories, many ...

As we begin to approach the final fulfillment of the Easter season at Pentecost, we become more and more aware of the Paraclete, the abiding...

Away at Chapter I missed a great moment for the Capuchin Franciscan Order, and indeed for the whole Church: the public display of the remain...

The last day of Chapter was pretty exciting. Our General Minister, Brother Mauro Jöhri, preached on the feast of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen,...

All this week I have been away-- here , actually--at our Provincial Chapter, a meeting we have every three years of all the friars of my jur...