Christ the King! Have you ever tried searching for an image of Christ the King? It is interesting what comes up when you do. Often the first images are of a somber white man with a distant look in his eyes, an awkward (…)
November 2018
The Franciscan retreat house Mount St. Francis in Cochrane, AB, has been a place of peace and renewal for people of faith for almost 70 years, and the friars have been supported in their ministry by many faithful friends. The recent reorganization of (…)
A Page has been turned. The Canadian province of the Franciscan Order, Holy Spirit Province Saint-Esprit, is born. With this new beginning comes a new identity. The union became official on October 22, 2018, through a decree read by the Minister (…)
As a reminder of our Franciscan vocation to work towards peace among all peoples and all nations, the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended the fighting of the first World War was also remembered at Mount St. Francis Retreat Centre. Friars Dan (…)
Peace cries out the blood stained rocks. Peace cries out the blood drenched earth. Peace cries out the blood soaked fields. Peace whispers the veteran of old. Peace whispers the veteran of today. Peace whispers the veteran of war. Peace the goal of (…)
“Don’t wish it away; don’t wish it ahead,” my friend said to me in our conversation over a year ago. That statement has been running in my life narrative ever since. At times it is very evident at other times it hits me like (…)
As you are aware one small step was made last week for the Franciscans in Canada as we became a united OFM Franciscan Province in Canada. This small step means changes to our leadership and how we will go forth as Franciscans in (…)
