Keeping the Bells Ringing at St. Joan of Arc
There are major renovations happening lately at St. Joan of Arc Parish in Toronto, a parish staffed by the Friars. Work is being done on the brickwork both on the belltower and the church building.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – The Narrow Door of Commitment
Discipline is a bad word, none of us really like it; it conjures up something arduous and painful. To choose a life of discipline is to choose the narrow way.
Summer Interns Contemplate Vocation to Religious Life
Dalton LaTessa, Dave Sebastian and Kevin Marston participated in the Friars’ collegiate internship program Franciscan for the Summer from mid-June to mid-August.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
It is always a temptation to preach the Gospel of Jesus in a selective manner.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
There is a novel called The Man Who Lost Himself; in one scene the main character of the story trails a man to Paris.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
One day long ago, someone interrupted Jesus with a question any of us might find ourselves asking. Parents had died and there is an estate to settle.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
In Eugene O’Neill’s play, “The Great God Brown,” we see a man on his deathbed and he is frightened.
Encountering God Through Ordinary People
The following reflection is from Dalton LaTessa (far left) a participant in Franciscan for the Summer—a summer discernment internship which includes living with the Friars while studying in Rome about ”Ecumenical and Interreligious Movements from a Catholic Perspective.”
Canonization Process Moves Forward For Servant of God Fr. Paul Wattson, SA
Another stage in the canonization process of Atonement Friars' Founder Servant of God Fr. Paul Wattson, SA, is now complete and he can be officially referred to as a Servant of God!
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
In some ways, this Martha and Mary story can be annoying to many of us. You do not want to be seen as too much like Martha; ignoring the guest or like passive Mary.