Holy Spirit Province

Bejamin Ripley, OFM On November 4th, I was ordained to the ministerial priesthood with a beautiful and joyous ordination mass. I was deeply touched to celebrate this significant event in my religious life with my Franciscan brothers, family members and the local community of (…)
By Pierre Ducharme, OFM Easter offers reasons for hope. The essential reasons for hope are expressed in the triduum liturgy, a memorial to Christ’s Paschal passage. For friars serving in large urban parishes, liturgical celebrations, and our own souls, are enriched by the presence (…)
Pierre Brunette, OFM “Enlighten the darkness of my heart.” During his convalescence, the young Francis of Assisi would often stop to pray in front of the crucifix of San Damiano. He was struck by the beauty of the face of Christ; yet he felt (…)
It was a wonderful weekend of prayer, fellowship, service, and discernment which took place at the Franciscan friary in Edmonton for young adults. (…)
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 (…)
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 (…)
The brothers serving in the new Provincial Council are: Pierre Charland (Provincial)Pierre Ducharme (Vicar)Michael Perras (Definitor)Dan Gurnick (Definitor)Aimé Dô Văn Thông (Definitor)Pierre Brunette (Definitor). (…)
Happy Easter! This year, all that is happening on a global level leads us to turn to the Resurrected Christ to ask him for healing and peace. The war in Ukraine, the upheaval of a sixth wave of COVID-19, economic uncertainty… these are just (…)