QUINCY — In March 2020, the Franciscan friars in Quincy, representing the Sacred Heart Province of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, relinquished control of the St. Francis Solanus Parish to the ...

Sister Donna Storms, a Spokane native, is celebrating her 70th year as a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration. Storms, 90, comes from a family of seven children. She and her brother and sister, ...

Father Massimo Fusarelli succeeds Father Michael Perry, a native of Indianapolis, who led the order since 2013. Father Massimo Fusarelli is the new minister general of the Order of Friars Minor.

Minister general says 800-year-old order in grave difficulty after ‘questionable financial activities’ by friars and outsiders The Franciscan order of Friars Minor has announced it is in grave ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The scandal has shaken the order inspired by its founder’s devotion to poverty and prayer. It is active in 110 countries and had more than 14,000 members. VATICAN CITY (RNS) One of ...

The three seconds she spent admiring the bones of St. Francis were three of the most electrifying of Sister Joanne Schatzlein ...

The Holy Dormition/St. Clare Secular Franciscan Fraternity has a spiritual retreat scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at St. John Bosco Catholic Church, 573 Route 73, Conyngham. In an event release, ...

Mother Rosemae Pender, the founder of the Meriden-based Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, suffered a heart attack and died during a mass to celebrate her 75th Jubilee of vows. The mass was at the ...