Today, the Franciscan Friars honor one of the most popular of all Franciscan Saints: St. Anthony of Padua, also known as St. Anthony of Lisbon.  St. Anthony was born in Lisbon where he was ordained as an Augustinian canon.  However, he was inspired to join the Friars Minor when he witnessed the remains of several Franciscan missionaries being returned from Africa where they had died...

Perhaps you have heard this story before! It is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that...

Salt shakers are common, ordinary, every-day items in our 21st century lives. We use salt to flavor our food, and we also use it to melt ice on roadways and the sidewalks. However, there were many more uses for salt in the first century of the Middle East. Salt was used to preserve food, particularly meat, which was dried and stored away for future use. It was also used as currency. The wages...

25 Years (Silver)                 Sr. Lovina Pammit, OSF 40 Years (Ruby)                 Sr. Therese Carew, OSF 50 Years (Gold)                 Sr. Gloria Therese...

Devotion is a word that is often used in speaking about the Sacred Heart of Jesus as in “I have great devotion to the Sacred Heart.” Two synonyms for the word devotion are ardor or zeal. We speak of “devotion to duty,” “devotion to family,” and “First Friday Devotions.” When speaking of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, our first thought...