Holy Spirit Province
Holy Spirit Province
We are the Franciscans of Canada and on this page, we share news from the whole province. You will find here information about friars or ministries that we want you to introduce to you. Friars who only occasionally contribute to the website also post their writings here.
We are the Franciscans of Canada and on this page, we share news from the whole province. You will find here information about friars or ministries that we want you to introduce to you. Friars who only occasionally contribute to the website also post their writings here.
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 (…)
Néhémie Prybinski, OFM I was not a hero, but I had moments both big and small. Rarely do we just shape our life on our own, but we adapt to the conditions in which we find ourselves. This was how it was with my (…)
Our novices just completed their hermitage experience, where they lived for two weeks according to the Rule for Hermitages by St. Francis. Read more about their experiences here: (…)
Brother Hawkins Choi First of all, I want to thank you all for your prayers and keeping us in mind. It has been half a year since we came to Ireland, and everything goes well here in Killarney Friary. By now we are all (…)
Brother Aldin Francis Canobas The hermitage experience was a personal highlight of my novitiate! We spent two weeks in Valentia Island and each week, we took the role of serving like “Martha” or praying like “Mary”. We drew lots to figure out who would (…)
By Benjamin Ripley, OFM The final part of Mark’s Gospel describes how Jesus commissions his disciples to go out into all the world and spread the Good News. He gives them the power to perform astonishing miracles: Exorcising demons, healing the sick, speaking in (…)
