On June 6, four men in the Diocese of Phoenix will be ordained to the priesthood. Get to know them by reading their stories ...

In 1573, the familiar brown robes of Franciscan friars appeared on the eastern shores of what would become the United States of America. They were accompanying the Spanish colonizers of Florida, ...

This is a screen shot of the Franciscan Media website with a Dec. 5 message from the Franciscan Friars of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe announcing that "after much prayer and discernment," ...

Gathered in Rome for their general chapter meeting, members of the Order of Friars Minor – better known as Franciscans – said that while vocations in general have been down in recent years, numbers ...

Fr. Michael Calabria, O.F.M., associate professor and director of the Center for Arab & Islamic Studies, gave an interview for a podcast produced by Franciscan Media. The discussion focused on the ...

LOUDONVILLE, NY (WRGB) — In a Facebook message to the Siena University community, President Charles "Chuck" Siefert announced the passing of former president Fr. Kevin Mackin, O.F.M., who died ...

Had portly, shrewd, magisterial Martin Stanislaus Gillet, 55, 78th Master General of the Order of Friars Preachers (Dominicans, in England Black Friars) entered Spain 100 years ago or any European ...

LONDON — The salvation of countless souls and peace in the world depend on mankind properly responding to the Lord’s command — made through the apparitions at Fatima and elsewhere — to spread devotion ...

The mid-morning sun streams through a wall of windows, filling the hilltop retreat with light just as the men’s voices join in solemn chorus. Eleven “alleluias” rise, richly resonant with tenor and ...

Friar Richard Florek , OFM Conv., a Franciscan Friar of the Our Lady of the Angels Province, died on Saturday, March 22, 2025. Born in Buffalo on Dec. 23, 1944, he was son of the late Walter and ...

(OSV News) — While “synodality” might be a new concept to Catholics surprised by the Vatican’s request that dioceses worldwide engage in community discernment from 2021-2024, the U.S. friars of the ...

While "synodality" might be a new concept to Catholics surprised by the Vatican's request that dioceses worldwide engage in community discernment from 2021-2024, the U.S. friars of the Province of Our ...