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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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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St. Francis Prays With Us – Vision In the Blessed Sacrament Chapel

My Secular Franciscan Fraternity has a Franciscan Crown Rosary prayer apostolate.  Every Wednesday night, a few of us meet after Mass in our Blessed Sacrament Chapel.  The picture of St. Francis on the left hangs on the center of the back wall and faces the Tabernacle.  Last week it started getting dark earlier.  The wall [...]

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Mount La Verna Leaf & The Stigmata of St. Francis

On September 17, Franciscans will celebrate the Feast of the Stigmata.  On my last trip to Italy, our group took a trip to Mount La Verna – the site of St. Francis receiving the stigmata (wounds of Christ.)  It was October and the leaves were turning.  We walked up a long tree lined road from the [...]

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Feast of Our Lady of the Angels of Portiuncula

As we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of the Angels of Portiuncula, the words of Thomas of Celano account not only the rebuilding of a church.  His words account the simple and devout way in which Francis desired with all his heart to imitate Christ.  The words divinely written in the gospels were Francis’ model for life.  [...]

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