Greetings from Olean, New York!
Today was my second full day at St. Bonaventure’s University and I have three chapter to read for class tommorrow, so therefore I am blogging…hehehe…. Today was a highly productive day. My first class, the Early Franciscan Movement, will meet for three hours on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. That leaves me [...]

and I figured I would write a quick update. My homevisit is rapidly coming to an end and it has been wonderful! My time has included 3 weddings, 1 graduation, lots of time with my family and friends, lunches with friends, 2 movies and ice cream with my nephew!
I leave bright and early tommorrow morning [...]

Today, the Church and the Franciscan family celebrate the feast of St. Anthony of Padua. Anthony is the great Franciscan doctor, preacher and theologian. Who these days seem to be most famous for being the finder of car keys and parking spaces. Anthony was an Augustinian priest in Lisbon, Portugal. While there he met Franciscans [...]

it’s the Yankees I hate. Sorry, if that is offensive or scares anyone away from my blog or the Franciscans! But like Pontius Pilate, “what I have written, I have written.” Anyway, I arrived in Brooklyn, New York this afternoon. I am in the city for the next few days because a good friend of [...]

On Sunday, we finished the fraternal week and the majority of the friars from throughout the US returned to their respective home. It was also the day when the friars from my house had permission to depart for their vacations and summer assignments. While I stayed put! I spent the previous few days in [...]