ST. LOUIS — “We are kind of monks on the move, so we live together but we are in the cities,” says Father Mark Mary. They are not exactly what you think of when you hear…Catholic monks. “We kind of ...

As part of local and regional synodal meetings for Franciscan friars, Franciscans share a laugh as they take part in a table exercise in Prior Lake, Minn., in October 2024, in which participants ...

Back in St. Francis of Assisi’s day, minstrels of the Lord were central in society, according to Franciscan Father Isaiah Marie Hofmann. “We [Franciscans] were the original troubadours of God,” said ...

While "synodality" might be a new concept to Catholics surprised by the Vatican's request that dioceses worldwide engage in community discernment from 2021-2024, the U.S. friars of the Province of Our ...