STEUBENVILLE — Franciscan University of Steubenville hosted its 30th-annual Religious Vocations Fair on Oct. 10, welcoming representatives from 50 dioceses and religious communities from across the ...

Sister Marlene Weidenborner, a Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, N.Y., is seen in this undated photo. She celebrated her 65th anniversary of religious life Oct. 30, 2021, during the “Religious Jubilee ...

As the vocation director for the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal, Franciscan Sister Clare Matthiass helps young women discern whether they are called to religious life. But when she began discerning ...

Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - South Asia and Oceania are parts of the world experiencing “a positive response to vocations to the Franciscan religious life,” which is a sign of hope for the Franciscan ...

Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - For 800 years the Franciscans have been responsible for the care of the Holy Places and the "Living Stones" that inhabit them. The "Custody of the Holy Land" operates in ...

It is the story of Asif Shafique, a 27 year old civil engineer, who recently participated in a vocational animation day for the Order. His father, a doctor, often visited the institute to check the ...

Jum is-Sejħa Franġiskana (Franciscan Vocations Day) was held last weekend at St Anthony of Padoa church in Għajnsielem. During Sunday’s Mass vocational messages were delivered by vocations promoter Br ...

Sister Monica (Grace Anthony) Zmolek, 93, died Thursday at the Franciscan Villa in Syracuse. Zmolek was born in Clutier, Iowa. She received a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of ...

One of my favorite passages from my collection of spiritual books is a section on vocation from Thomas Merton’s No Man is an Island. Speaking of St. Francis of Assisi, Merton writes: The remarkable ...

The Catholic Church will canonize Pope John XXIII as St. John XXIII on Sunday, a prospect that delights members of this area's Secular Franciscan Order. Kent Ferris, the director of social action and ...

On Saturday, July 6, twin brothers George and Johnny Jallouf, friars of the Custody of the Holy Land, were ordained priests in their hometown of Aleppo, Syria. It marked the first priestly ordination ...

The Society of Innovators at Purdue Northwest has announced the winners of the 2025 Innovators Awards. Winners will be inducted into the Society during the group’s annual luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Oct.