New & Noteworthy

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine hosts Liberty Day and the pole-raising reenactment
On May 17, 2025, the Saint Kateri Tekakwitha National Shrine in Fonda, N.Y., a ministry of Our Lady of the Angels Province, partnered with Montgomery County History & Archives and County Tourism for a special commemoration. In May 1775, 250 ...
+ Frair Stanley Sobiech, OFM Conv., laid to rest in Poland
Friars, family, and friends gathered in Kuczbork, Poland on May 31, 2025, for the Requiem and burial of + Friar Stanley Sobiech, OFM Conv., who died on Dec. 10, 2024, in Enfield, Conn., at the age of 91. “His home village ...
Charity leaders serving Central New York's poorest urge GOP Senators to put children and seniors ahead of Trump's bill
Food insecurity in Central New York could get a lot worse. Currently Feeding America reports one in seven people in the region are food insecure. At a news conference outside Catholic Charities Oswego Food Pantry in Fulton Tuesday, Democratic US ...
Two friars make solemn professions
In a Mass prayed, preached, and sung in Dutch, Spanish, Latin, and English, Friar Edgar Varela, OFM Conv., and Friar Sebastian DeBacker, OFM Conv., made their Solemn Vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience before Our Lady of the Angels Province ...
Our Lady of the Angels Province Honors Religious Brothers
The Feast of St. Joseph the Worker is a day to honor the father of Jesus as well as the friar brothers who serve Our Lady of the Angels Province. Religious Brothers Day is also celebrated on May 1, where, ...