At the peak of the procession of saints, which began over 400 years ago, there were 65 statues. As time went by and decay set ...

Fr. Michael Daniel Crosby, O.F.M., a Franciscan friar and priest, passed away, at the age of 90, on Wednesday evening, January 21, 2026, at St. Mary’s Nursing Home ...

Fr. Paul (Stephen) Varga, OFM Conv., a Franciscan Friar of the Our Lady of the Angels Province, died peacefully on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 in Brick Township, NJ. Born in Trenton on December 1, 1936, ...

Friar Peter Damian Massengill, OFM Conv., 76, died at Mesilla Valley Hospice in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on June 14, 2025. He was preceded in death by his parents, Martha Lee Bauer Massengill and ...

As the world mourns the death of Pope Francis, the first Latin American head of the Roman Catholic Church, who died on April 21, Easter Monday, at the age of 88, the Catholic Church’s top prelates in ...

Friar Richard Florek , OFM Conv., a Franciscan Friar of the Our Lady of the Angels Province, died on Saturday, March 22, 2025. Born in Buffalo on Dec. 23, 1944, he was son of the late Walter and ...

Sister Nancy Jean deMattos, 94 year old resident of Little Falls, MN, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at the St. Francis Convent in Little Falls, MN. A Mass of Christian Burial will take ...

Members of a prayer group who are staging a sit-in at the Franciscans-owned friary in Clonmel since the beginning of the year say they are resolute and determined to continue their action despite ...