New & Noteworthy
The Franciscan Place in Syracuse Celebrates 25 Years
For the past quarter century, The Franciscan Place (TFP) has been a prayerful beacon in an unusual location – Destiny USA Mall in Syracuse, N.Y. A 25th anniversary celebration was held on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, with a special Mass ...
Basilica of St. Stanislaus designed Jubilee Year Pilgrim Site
Story and photos by Carolee McGrath, iObserve.org (Diocese of Springfield) Chicopee, Mass. – Diocese of Springfield Bishop William D. Byrne blessed the doors of St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Basilica before the 11 a.m. Mass, Sunday, Jan. 5, on the Feast ...
+ Friar Stanley Sobiech, OFM Conv. (1933 - 2024)
Friar Stanley Sobiech, OFM Conv., 91, a Franciscan Friar of Our Lady of the Angels Province, died peacefully on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Enfield, Conn. Born in Kuczbork, Warsaw, Poland on July 20, 1933, he was the elder son of ...
+ Brother Michael Duffy, OFM Conv. (1959-2024)
Br. Michael Thomas Duffy, OFM Conv., 65, a Franciscan Friar of Our Lady of the Angels Province, was met by Sister Death on Friday, December 6, 2024, in Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore on January 28, 1959, he was a son ...
Meet the Most Recent American Black Catholic on the Road to Sainthood
A Black American priest who left his country because prejudice wouldn’t allow him to practice his ministry in the United States is ironically the seventh and most recent African American to be considered for beatification. The Servant of God, born in ...
