This July, five men will be invested with the Franciscan habit and begin novitiate, the second stage of formation, in California. We interviewed each of the incoming novices and asked them to share their experience over the last year of postulancy. Watch the videos here!
Br. Bernard was featured in the May 2025 edition of the Messenger of Saint Anthony magazine! In the article “Vocations Promotions, Combining the Old and the New,” Br. Bernard talks about his work as Vocations Director for St. Bonaventure Province and shares how the office’s collection relics continues drawn people’s interest.
For the first time in living memory, St. Mary’s Parish in Algoma, WI held a Eucharistic Procession for the Feast of Corpus Christi, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.
Br. Augustine and Fr. Boniface are busy at work making habits for the incoming novices. Five new novices from around the country will be invested with the habit on July 12 at the Conventual Franciscan Novitiate in California!
Read the transcription of Br. Bernard Mary’s Ferverino on the ‘Canticle of Creatures’ by St. Francis of Assisi. This short speech was originally given at the Provincial Retreat in January during evening prayer.
Did you know that the Conventual Franciscan Friars have been the official, or ‘ordinary,’ confessors in St. Peter’s Basilica for over 250 years? For the month of June, Fr. Alejandro Lopez, OFM Conv., has been hearing confessions for the many pilgrims coming to the Vatican for the Jubilee Year.
The Franciscan Friars Conventual of St. Bonaventure Province are committed to creating safe environments for children and vulnerable adults.
Every friar in active ministry must complete training in Virtus (the National Catholic Risk Retention Group) and any other safe environment compliances required by the dioceses in which they serve.
In addition, St. Bonaventure Province has its own Safe Environment Commission that oversees the implementation and monitoring of the Province’s Policies, Procedures, and Protocols for Ethical Ministry with Minors and Vulnerable Adults.
Any allegation regarding the Franciscan Friars Conventual of this Province receives an immediate response. This includes the Province’s full cooperation with local law enforcement authorities and Ordinaries who have ecclesial jurisdiction over these matters, as well as a duly diligent investigation by a qualified third party in order to substantiate credibility.
