With St. Francis of Assisi being the Patron Saint of ecology, the Franciscan Order has produced various documents and study guides. We take our inspiration from our founder who saw the gift of God in all creation and all of humanity. One of (…)
Michael Perras, OFM
Michael Perras, OFM
Friar Michael Perras, OFM was born and raised in rural Saskatchewan, the oldest of four. Along with his siblings he grew up in his parent’s grocery store where he learned about community and service.
Brother Michael appreciates quiet moments of prayer, music, Lego, journaling, socks, collecting quotes and Christmas. One of his greatest joys is being an uncle and a Godfather.
He is a non-ordained Franciscan Friar (Brother), solemnly professed since August 2019. He serves on Canadian Franciscan Provincial Council and in Formation and Vocations Ministry.
Friar Michael Perras, OFM was born and raised in rural Saskatchewan, the oldest of four. Along with his siblings he grew up in his parent’s grocery store where he learned about community and service. Brother Michael appreciates quiet moments of prayer, music, Lego, journaling, socks, collecting quotes and Christmas. One of his greatest joys is being an uncle and a Godfather. He is a non-ordained Franciscan Friar (Brother), solemnly professed since August 2019. He serves on Canadian Franciscan Provincial Council and in Formation and Vocations Ministry.
Saint Francis of Assisi saw God in all of creation. His Canticle of Creatures speaks to the relationship we have with all of creation and with each other as sisters and brothers. He called the moon a sister and it was on a (…)
Over the weekend here in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies we saw beautiful sunshine and bright blue skies, a welcomed spring gift. Today we experienced the start of a few days of rain, another welcomed spring gift. Each season offers so many (…)
Morning Praise Valley air freshness lofts in and all around, hymns of the birds lifts my soul, sunshine gently kisses the day, shades of green awakening to life all lifting their praise to God. A distant barking dog calling for play, the cawing (…)
My post for the weekend spoke about being in the garden, preparing for planting this week. It also spoke about relationship. We often fail to remember our relationship with creation and Mother Earth. This week (May 16-24) is Laudato Si’ Week. It was five (…)
On Saturday afternoon in a twist of plans I spent most of it in the garden with one of my Friar Brothers. Together we worked on preparing the garden for planting and prepared some new spaces for plants. We worked together on some projects (…)
I am the way, and the truth, and the life. (John 14.6) Just breathe that line in, into the depths of your very soul and being. Just feel it sit there within you. Just let it stir you, move you and awaken you. (…)
John 10:10 Maybe not as familiar as John 3:16. I don’t think I’ve ever seen John 10:10 posters at any sports events, concerts or wrestling matches. Yet John 10:10 is a powerful line of scripture and dovetails nicely with John 3.16: “God so loved (…)
I recently completed a questionnaire about myself. One of the questions was: What would be the title of your biography? I responded “Big Brother, Little Brother, Always A Brother.” This does indeed capture my life story in a title. This past March marked 41 (…)
This past week has been a tough week for us in here in Canada. Not only do we continue to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic we also were dealt the blow of home-grown terror with the killings in Nova Scotia. These two very different (…)
