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 ...

Jum is-Sejħa Franġiskana (Franciscan Vocations Day) was held last weekend at St Anthony of Padoa church in Għajnsielem. Members of the Maltese Franciscan community crossed over to Gozo to join their ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ENCOURAGING VOCATIONS. Thomas Aquinas College’s acolyte program, with Father Cornelius Buckley. Courtesy of Thomas Aquinas College In the 2007 issue of Seminarium, a publication of the Vatican’s ...

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 ...

In this 2016 file photo, Franciscan Father Francesco Patton, custos of the Holy Land, sprinkles holy water on tombstones in the cemetery at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington to ...