New & Noteworthy
Men’s religious leaders confront change with fraternity and faith
The question was simple and familiar to many in religious life: How does one deal with a curmudgeon – someone who is set in his ways, resistant to change and vocal about it? “I have an idea, but I can’t say ...
St. Stanislaus Basilica in Chicopee, Mass., participated in Steubenville East this past weekend in Springfield, Mass. Friars John Koziol and Edgar Varela participated together with Sr. Agnesa Neru and Sr. Cordelia, Deacon David Southworth, and parishioner Michael Benoit and his daughter ...
Little Portion Farm Director named to Baltimore's 40 Under 40
The Baltimore Business Journal has named Matt Jones, farm manager at Little Portion Farm, as one of Greater Baltimore’s 2025 40 Under 40. Little Portion Farm, a ministry of the Franciscan Friars Conventual of Our Lady of the Angels Province, ...
Friar John Paul Banks ordained to the priesthood in England
St. Anthony of Padua Church in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England was the setting for the priestly ordination of Friar John Paul Banks, OFM Conv., on Saturday, July 5, 2025. Archbishop John Sherrington, appointed by the late Pope Francis on Apr. ...
Friars lead youth on Assisi pilgrimage
Friar Chris Dudek, OFM Conv., sent photos from the Assisi Pilgrimage. There were 33 participants which included youth from St. Stanislaus Basilica in Chicopee, Mass., UNC Chapel Hill, N.C., Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore, and St. Francis High School, Athol ...
