May the Lord give you His peace! We friars and postulants gathered in St. Francis of Assisi Friary in Staten Island, NY on Thursday afternoon to celebrate those friars who are celebrating jubilees, i.e. 25, 40, 50, 60 or 70 years of religious profession as friars or that many years since ordination to the [...]

May the Lord give you His peace! At 2:30 PM this afternoon (Friday, November 6, 2009), I, like many citizens of the United States, observed a moment of silence to remember the victims of yesterday’s tragic shooting in Ft. Hood, TX. While so many citizens and members of the US military throughout the [...]

May the Lord give you His peace! There are some things that are hard to explain in the written word. I am struggling to explain the joy and grace of this past weekend here in Costa Rica. Bro. Jim and I had a great retreat with the Franciscorps volunteers who work here [...]