By Br. Nathan Linton, OFM, Cap. We usually hear discernment applied to vocational discernment to the priesthood, to marriage, or to the consecrated life, but that's not really the whole story...
The Discernment of St. Francis
That Time I Prayed For Friends
By Haley Arndt. What’s up, what’s up y’all! How’s life going? Because I know you are all wondering, here is a little life update about myself (I know that you weren’t actually wondering, but I like talking about myself): I am currently getting ready to GRADUATE in a few short months (whoop whoop!)...
Don’t be Young Mummies
By Kayla Johnson. Pope Francis recently released his latest apostolic exhortation entitled Christus Vivit or Christ Lives.
St. Francis: An Order Established
By Br. Nathan Linton, OFM, Cap. Francis finally makes it to Rome after his conversion to petition the pope to allow him to start a new religious order...
Catholic in the Cold: Bad Pick-Up Lines and da Birkie
By Kevin Johnson. Sometimes, in the midst of a snowy Wisconsin winter, all you can do is make an attempt at humor. Or go skiing. Or both...
Papa Pete: The Call of Peter (Ep. 3)
By Sarah Wilder. This is the third episode which dives deeper into the life of St. Peter as shown in the Gospels...
St. Francis: A Mission Received
By Br. Nathan Linton, OFM, Cap. When St. Francis had his conversion, most people thought he was CRAZY, including his own father. However, instead of being discouraged, he persevered in trusting the Lord and in following the specific call from Jesus in his life to draw ever nearer to God in the particular way planned for him...
Papa Pete: An Invitation (Ep. 2)
By Sarah Wilder. Many of us know of Jesus' first encounter with Peter in the Scriptures. But how many of us could identify the second encounter? Peter often is seen as relatable because of his mistakes and shortcomings, but it's also good to remember his great acts of faith that helped to form him as one of the greatest saints in the memory of the Church.
St. Francis: The Conversion (Pt. 2)
By Nathan Linton, OFM, Cap. So, Francis had a conversion to follow a Christian way of life, but how did he end up living this life in such a radical way that ended up with him founding the Order of the Friars Minor? Br. Nathan explains some of the events of Francis's continuing conversion...
