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Habemus Papam! Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who took the name Pope Leo XIV today, gave this blessing: “God loves us, all of us, evil will not prevail. We are all in the hands of God. Without fear, united, hand in hand with God and (…)
The Summer 2024 issue of the Franciscan Missions magazine is available now and can be read online for free (for French-speaking audiences). Here’s a short summary of what’s inside (English translation provided). Use this link to open the original French language digital publication : (…)
Pentecost is a time of new beginning. The Holy Spirit is wild and full of life leading us new ways and guiding our steps unto new paths. Each day is an invitation to begin again and to be a vessel of the Holy Spirit. (…)
When we celebrate Easter, the liturgies leading up to it are remembrances of events that inspire very contradictory feelings. Holy Thursday is the last supper, a festive event that suddenly ends in a spirit of fear and anxiety. Then there is the great sadness (…)
On June 19, 1988, St. Charles Parish held a liturgy of rededication in celebration of the expansion of their church building. The history of St. Charles Parish dates back to the early 1800s when an Oblate missionary, Fr. LaFleche, built a small log cabin (…)
The Holy Spirit marks the life of Jesus and the Church much more profoundly than we might think. The evangelist Luke, who also wrote the Acts of the Apostles, emphasizes the Holy Spirit right at the beginning in the conception of John the Baptist (…)
