The Greek word "synodos" translates as "journeying together." "Even though throughout our Franciscan history of 800 years we never used the term, we did communal discernment.

The friars gathered at Graymoor, their motherhouse in Garrison, for the Atonement Franciscan Assembly March 7-11, which had as its theme, “At One: Hope, Healing & Harmony.” ...

In October 2023, the coast-to-coast Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe was formed through the unification of five legacy Franciscan provinces -- a regional unit of the international Order of Friars ...

NEW YORK — Catholics know St. Anthony of Padua as a Franciscan preacher, a doctor of the Church, and the patron of lost things. For the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement in upstate New York, he ...

A religious order within the Catholic Church with origins near Laredo is celebrating its centennial anniversary.

ROME – Father Massimo Fusarelli, leader of the worldwide Franciscan order, has appealed to his fellow Franciscans to stay put in the Holy Land despite rising tensions and threats to physical ...

LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Francis was the first pope to take the name of Saint Francis of Assisi. On Wednesday afternoon, people at Siena College — which was founded by Franciscan Friars ...

They are the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. Founded in 1987 in the South Bronx, these friars dedicate their lives to prayer, service of the poor and evangelization.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 12, 2022 / 12:09 pm Catholics know St. Anthony of Padua as a Franciscan preacher, a doctor of the Church, and the patron of lost things. For the Franciscan Friars of ...