At supper tonight I and one of the younger friars got into a funny conversation about our cultural differences. It started as he was prepa...

I admit it; there have been moments when I have been overly scrupulous about liturgy. I can be "precise," as my mother would say. ...

This is another ramble, I guess. But I also guess that I won't apologize. I'm reminded of one of my favorite things anybody has ever...

Not much posting lately. To be honest, I've settled into a pretty plain and scheduled existence here in Assisi. I get up at some point...

I've taken to breaking up my uphill walk to school in the morning. I set out from the friary and walk up as far as the Piazza del Comune...

Put on a Franciscan habit in this town and people will think you know something about the place. I guess that's justified. Every day I h...

If you are young in religion or old in religion, you must wear the traditional Capuchin beard. If you are in the middle, you don't have ...