May the Lord give you His peace!  On the evening of June 28, in the Rome Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Wall, Pope Benedict XVI opened the year of St. Paul during a vespers service for the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul.  Attending the celebration were the Orthodox Ecumenical  Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople [...]

May the Lord give you His peace!  After writing a blog about our novices and friars in formation, I remembered these beautiful words that Pope Benedict XVI shared with seminarians and novices last week at World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia.  They are also wonderful words for anyone discerning a vocation, as usual.  At a [...]

May the Lord give you His peace!  This past weekend was one of celebration for our Order here in North America.  On Friday evening, July 18, the Order accepted five men into the novitiate in Mishawaka, IN.  In a simple ceremony in the novitiate chapel, the novices approached the presiding minister and said, “Moved by [...]

May the Lord give you His peace! One of the values that I have embraced as a friar and as a pastoral minister is continuing education. As a friar with a graduate degree in theology, I am well aware that the sacrifices and generosity of our gracious benefactors paid for my education. [...]

May the Lord give you His peace!  I am not a big fan of reading medieval papal documents (No lack of deference to the medieval popes intended).  Even today these old documents still have an effect in our lives.  Solet annuere promulgated by Pope Honorius III in 1223 approved our Rule.  Quo elongati promulgated by [...]

May the Lord give you His peace! With Canadians celebrating their nation on July 1 and the United States celebrating its independence on July 4, the world watches the news of hostages being freed in Colombia. Events of our history that we recall and celebrate this week and current events this summer week [...]