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Blogging Friars

The Blogs that are accessible from this page are created by a diverse group of Friars. They offer personal views and insights into their lives, their communities and their Franciscan ministries.

Vocations - Friar Michael Lorentsen

Friar Michael Lorentsen, OFM Conv. professed his vows as a Conventual Franciscan on August 4, 1990. He as ordained a friar-presbyter on Pentecost Sunday, 1994. While friar Michael works in vocation ministry, he has also worked in parish and campus ministry settings in North Carolina, El Salvador and Costa Rica. His interests are in spirituality, Latino-Hispanic ministry, social justice and liturgy.

Friar Michael Lorentsen - on the left - and Friar Reto Davatz

Finding St. Francis - Peter Rajchert

Peter Rajchert recently had a big change in his life: He got married. Now he and his wife Sandra live in Toronto, Ontario not far from the Franciscan Church of St. Bonaventure. With a desk facing a magnificent park in the St. Bonaventure ministry centre, Peter spends his days writing and collecting stories from around the world about the Franciscan way of life. A native of Warsaw, Poland, he is always eager to be on the road, travelling with Sandra.

Peter with Sandra and his mom in Warsaw

Friar Rick's Weblog

Friar Richard Riccioli's hope is to offer reflections, thoughts and ideas about how faith and life connect in light of the hopeful and inclusive vision of Church and World given at Vatican II.

He is the pastor of the Franciscan Church of St. Bonaventure in Toronto. 

St. Mary's, Above Rocks, and Missions

The Conventual Franciscan Friars from St. Anthony Province and the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist have been running a number of parishes in the West Indian nation of Jamaica for several years. Their mission is to bring the Catholic faith to the local population and to improve their lives. Keeping this in mind, the friars and sisters support the Cassava River Infant and Primary School near Holy Family Church (one of their mission's churches), organize literacy programs as well as clothing and shoe sales, and offer general support to the local community. In their blog the friars and sisters document what life is like for a missionary.

Friars Marco Tasca and John-Jospeh Dolan

at the Conventual Franciscan mission in Jamaica

The Good News Note: Reflections from the Road

Conventual Franciscan Friar Jude Winkler from St. Anthony Province in the United States works in the ministry of evangelization. He travels from parish to parish and from retreat center to retreat center preaching, teaching and celebrating mass. In this blog he writes about his travels and offers his theological reflections.

Friar Jude Winkler preaching

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