December 2025
Rejoicing in the joy of Christmas with St. Francis of Assisi, may hope guide your steps, may peace fill your home, may joy meet you on the journey, may love fill your heart. Merry Christmas! Original artwork by Ceci – used with permission (…)
When Advent days have slipped away and the Great Feast is on the horizon and there is still more prayers to pray, more waiting to do, more words to ponder, what are we to do O Lord? When Advent days have become chaotic and (…)
Friar Kevin Lynch was born April 10th, 1938, to Laurence J. (Larry) and Margaret P. (Peggy) (Thompson) Lynch. He was named John Terence and known as Terry in his early years. The youngest of three boys, young Kevin was born and grew up in (…)
What do you hear and see? In this Advent Season our senses are often overwhelmed with much goodness. In this goodness what do we hear and see? Do we see the blind receiving site? Do we see the lame walking? Do we see lepers (…)
(Translated from the original text in French) Born in St-Célestin on November 22, 1936, he was the son of Auguste Morin and Marie-Anne Lauzière. He completed his classical studies at the Saint-Antoine Seminary in Trois-Rivières (1950–1956), his philosophical studies at the Franciscan Seminary of (…)
Friar Vincent Fink, OFM, a member of the Holy Spirit Province of Canada, was born on September 13, 1937, in Vibank, Saskatchewan, and died on December 14, 2025, in Victoria, BC, at the age of 88, after 67 years of religious life and 61 (…)
A voice cries out:Prepare!And we say:There is another party to attend!A voice cries out:Prepare!And we say:There are more cookies to bake!A voice cries out:Prepare!And we say:There is more shopping to do!A voice cries out:Prepare!And we say:For what?A voice cries out:Prepare the way of the (…)