Monthly Spiritual Message

Monthly Spiritual Message, March 2015 By Br John Cooper OFM Cap The first two Spiritual Messages of 2015 focused on the history of promotion

Monthly Spiritual Message, February 2015 By Br John Cooper OFM Cap Continuing: John McCristal OFM. “The History of St Francis and of Franciscan Institutions.”

Monthly Spiritual Message, February 2015 By Br John Cooper OFM Cap Question: Who is promoting the Secular Franciscan Way of Life now? Answer: The

Monthly Spiritual Message, December 2014 By Fr Norbert Pittorino OFM & Fr John Cooper OFM Cap There are some interesting events which refer back

Monthly Spiritual Message, November 2014 By Fr Norbert Pittorino OFM & Fr John Cooper OFM Cap The Dialogue Begins Thomas of Celano describes the

Monthly Spiritual Message, October 2014 By Fr Norbert Pittorino OFM & Fr John Cooper OFM Cap A Moment of Dialogue Let us consider the

Monthly Spiritual Message, September 2014 Fr John Cooper OFM Cap The Sign of the Cross The Sign of the Cross is for Catholics, the

Monthly Spiritual Message, August 2014 Fr John Cooper OFM Cap Parents are the first teachers of their children. Usually they are not alone in

Monthly Spiritual Message, July 2014 Fr Norbert Pittorino OFM What, then, could we say are the characteristics of Francis’ prayer? First of all, it

Monthly Spiritual Message, June 2014 Fr Norbert Pittorino OFM We can learn a great deal about Francis’ prayer life through his writings especially his

Monthly Spiritual Message, May 2014 Fr Norbert Pittorino OFM There are many ways that we could think about prayer. This is clear from the

Monthly Spiritual Message, April 2014 Fr Norbert Pittorino OFM Most Christians recognize Lent as the penitential season of forty days leading up to Church’s

 Monthly Spiritual Message, March 2014 LENT Dear Friends, Lent is upon us, although it seems like we just finished the last of our Christmas

Monthly Spiritual Message, February 2014 Fr Patrick Colbourne OFM Cap The event is related in The Assisi Compilation 84 (FA:ED II, pp. 187-188), and

Monthly Spiritual Message, January 2014 Br James Cronly OFM Cap It is a new year 2014, and a hundred years since our world was

Monthly Spiritual Message, December 2013 Br John Cooper OFM Cap This Christmas spiritual letter is late, very late. It might not get to you

Monthly Spiritual Message, November 2013 Fr Carl Schafer OFM Faith and The Common Good The third priority of the laity, according to Paul VI

Monthly Spiritual Message, October 2013 Fr Carl Schafer OFM Faith and The Family The following excerpts from the encyclical Lumen Fidei should be of

Monthly Spiritual Message, September 2013 Fr Carl Schafer OFM The Year of Faith, proclaimed by Benedict XVI on 11 October 2012, will end on

Monthly Spiritual Message, August 2013 Br John Cooper OFM Cap Let’s take again a further look at what Sister r Clare Condon had to