September 2022

Perhaps you want to know how I, Aimé Van Thong Do, a friar who has always lived in the small fraternities of our Franciscan Province, now feels after being appointed the new guardian of the largest convent of the Canadian Province? This time, I (…)
St. Francis of Assisi was a dreamer. In his popular book The Journey and the Dream, Franciscan Murray Bodo captured this in St. Francis by writing “the journey is essential to the dream.” This is indeed true as St. Francis has inspired many journeys (…)
The Franciscan fraternity of Parc-Extension is located in the most densely populated area of Montreal. Some 32,000 people, of a hundred different ethnicities, live in this small quarter of less than two square kilometers. The Franciscans have been well established in the area since (…)
Every month, we share a photo from our archives! – The library at the Rosemont friary in Montreal, 24 Sep 1923. (…)
The first parish school in St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Vancouver began in 1946, and classes were held in the parish hall beneath the church which had been partitioned off into classrooms. That first year, 82 students attended, divided into eight grades. But (…)
“You are always with me.” (Luke 15. 31) the father says to the elder son in the parable of the prodigal son. The father is speaking to the sense of security and shelter which has been overlooked or taken for granted. Here the father (…)
The Season of Creation begins on September 1 and continues to the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi on October 4. It is a season which Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew have implemented and have encouraged. It is a time to not only enjoy (…)