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Saint Francis Receives the Stigmata

David Torkington April 3, AD2026 No Comments

On leaving Rome in 1223 Francis made for the Rieti Valley and back to the hermitage of Fonte Columbo where he had written his rule.

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St Francis of Assisi –The Preacher

David Torkington February 25, AD2026 1 Comment

It was in the church of St Mary of the Angels that a momentous event took place in the life of St Francis. It took

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Why Catholics Should Visit a Franciscan Church this Christmas Season

Tom Thomas December 26, AD2023 4 Comments

I want to do something that will recall the memory of that Child who was born in Bethlehem, to see with bodily eyes the inconveniences

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Sin and Inner Transformation: An Advent Reflection

Paul A. Escott December 2, AD2023 No Comments

The eve of Advent may seem to be one of the least propitious junctures at which to raise the likely all-time least-favorite theological issue of

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The Joseph and Francis Evangelization Excuse: Part II

Todd Federici January 14, AD2022 3 Comments

Preaching is imbibed in the office of a preacher.  Since all participants in Christ’s priestly office, all are called to preach; there is no way

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