Br. Reynolds Garland, OFM, passed away on Nov. 30, 2023, at the age of 89 at Twin Towers Senior Living Community in Cincinnati, Ohio. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Br. Reynolds was born on Jan. 13, 1934, to Alex and Willetta Garland. Br. Reynolds entered the Franciscan Order on …

By Marinella Bandini Jerusalem, Oct 11, 2023 / 11:25 am On Saturday, Oct. 7, Israel suddenly found itself in a state of war. A barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip and attacks by Hamas terrorists who infiltrated cities near the border resulted in the death of over 1,000 people. Among …

Father Louis (Lou) Bartko, OFM, died Sunday, Oct. 1 at St. Margaret Hall in Cincinnati. Fr. Lou was 82 years old. Born on Sept. 12, 1941, in Toledo, Ohio, Father Bartko was one of two children of Louis and Anna (Gurecky) Bartko. Although a spastic condition left him disabled and …

Father Dan Anderson, OFM, 76, passed away Sept. 25 at St. Francis Seraph Friary in Cincinnati. A native of Cincinnati, Father Dan was the son of the late Robert and Annetta Anderson. He attended St. Margaret Mary Grade School and Roger Bacon High School. He continued his studies at Duns …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 29, 2023 / 15:55 pm Catholic priest and pro-life activist Father Fidelis Moscinski, CFR, has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for blocking access to a Planned Parenthood abortion facility by placing locks and chains on the gated entrance. Judge Steven Tiscione …

1880 Joseph and Elizabeth Nurre bought a country estate at the top of Mt. Airy and donated it to the Franciscan friars. 1888 Cornerstone laid, building constructed, friars moved in. 1889 Archbishop Elder consecrated the chapel on Thanksgiving Day. The large Romanesque brick chapel (which fronts the attached friary and …

Advent is a time of waiting, but what are we waiting for? Jesus the Incarnate Word of God has already come into the world. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life” (Jn. …

By Eileen Connelly, OSU Br. Alessandro Brustenghi, OFM, a Franciscan friar from Italy, will be the special guest during a choral concert sponsored by Miami University (MU), and Seton and Elder High Schools at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. The …

by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 1, 2022 / 14:10 pm Eighty-seven-year-old Father John Bok was a physics teacher earlier in his life, but he just can’t wrap his head around the physics of how another car hurdled his own on his way to celebrate Sunday Mass in October. …

On June 13, Catholics honor the memory of the Franciscan priest St. Anthony of Padua. Although he is popularly invoked today by those who have trouble finding lost objects, he was known in his own day as the “Hammer of Heretics” due to the powerful witness of his life and …