Jesus is Cool

So, a week ago last Tuesday, my air conditioning was repaired — a little over four days after it went out.   I met the repairman that day — he arrived a little earlier than the two to five o’clock time period I was given.  Before three o’clock, he was done and advised me it would [...]

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Another Atlanta Eucharistic Congress closes…

“As Grain Once Scattered…..” — the theme of this year’s Eucharistic Congress.   This year I helped process with my Secular Franciscan fraternity banner…

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Franciscan News in Georgia Bulletin

Just posting a quick note with a link to a Georgia Bulletin article to which I contributed information.  The article details some of the information regarding my Immaculate Conception Fraternity Jubilee celebration in March.  It provides a nice overview of what we are about. Check out the article here  “Secular Franciscans Mark 50th Anniversary Here“ The [...]

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10th Catholic Anniversary Reflections

So, I have not blogged since Easter Sunday.  I’ve had a lot of time to reflect over the last ten years — I’ve been Catholic now for ten years.  I’ve not been disappointed, or ever doubted my calling — the way in which I ran into the arms of the Roman Catholic Church.  There is [...]

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Order of Penitents – Short History

Special to my Secular Franciscan readers — Just a quick post to share a link to Fr. Seraphim Beshoner, TOR’s most recent audio podcast on the Order of Penitents.  He gives a great brief history on the Penitents and how the Franciscan Order grew out of the Penitents. Link to Mp3 file here  Program is [...]

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Immaculate Conception Fraternity SFO Jubilee

Today, the Immaculate Conception Fraternity of Secular Franciscans of Jonesboro, GA, Brothers and Sisters of St. Francis Region, celebrated their Jubilee Anniversary.  To honor this special occasion, we received a special Papal Blessing. We celebrated a special Mass and luncheon at St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Jonesboro, GA.  Mass was celebrated by Fr. Michael Kolodziej, OFM [...]

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Mary Follows Me Into 2009

Happy New Year!  My first blogpost of 2009.  I am finally coming out of the fatigue I seem to get the last two weeks of the year.  It is a blur of Christmas, my birthday, and then the New Year arrives.  I seem to celebrate my birthday for an entire week.  I always celebrate New [...]

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Immaculate Mary & a Franciscan Anniversary

I hardly know where to start when I think of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.  I will begin with my first catechism of the subject.  I think back to December of 1998 — when I was going through OCIA to join the Catholic Church.  The first 33 years of my life were formed in [...]

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A Red Letter Kind of Saint & Why I Am A Franciscan

  Luke 9       The photo above is from the King James version of the Bible I was using prior to my conversion.  Protestants have many flavors of the Bible.  Most of my pastors taught from this one.  My point with this is regarding “red letter” editions.  In red letter editions, the four gospels use [...]

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