Throughout the year, Salt & Light Television followed the Franciscans of the two Canadian Provinces, St. Joseph Province in the East of Canada and Christ the King Province in the West of Canada, on their path towards unity and formation of a new (…)
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.
By Theodore Splinter, ofm We were in prayer (the Divine Office a.k.a. liturgy of the hours) last week, and the Friar who was leading the opening hymn was starting on the wrong note and messing up the first verse. He was trying, but (…)
Video: My Vocation as a Brother Benjamin Ripley is a Franciscan. A Franciscan brother. By choice, he preferred not to become a priest. Being a brother is his call, his mission. Brother Ben is a happy Franciscan brother, following in the footsteps (…)
By Theodore Splinter, ofm It is the end of January in Killarney. I assume so in Canada, as well 🙂 Last week we took a drive around the Dingle peninsula. We had a guest speaker with us for one week, and on (…)
February 2 is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. This is the day the church celebrates Mary and Joseph bringing Jesus, their firstborn, to the temple to present him to the Lord. It is here that the wise old Simeon and (…)
A Christmas tradition for the Franciscan friars and the local community in Cochrane, AB, is the Greccio Christmas pageant at the beginning of Advent. Just as last year, many people from Cochrane and Calgary came to Mount St. Francis Retreat Centre for this (…)
A very special part of becoming a Franciscan is the novitiate year, which is a year of preparation prior to making initial vows. For Canadian friars, this also means a time away from the Canadian community that they got to know during their (…)
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 (…)
