It was a bit like flying by the seat of one’s pants. So said Br. Mark Schenk, OFM Cap., about being the first lay brother to serve as provincial minister in the Capuchin order as his tenure comes to an end at the May 19-23 chapter meeting of St. Conrad Province. “I’m just hoping that something doesn't come up in the future that they say, ‘Oh, you weren't allowed to do that and so that was

Br. Gregory Armstrong, OFM Cap., a Capuchin friar from the Denver-based Province of St. Conrad currently studying at the Oblate School of Theology, has been awarded the inaugural Blessed Solanus Casey Essay Prize in the Graduate Student category. The prize recognizes outstanding scholarship that deepens understanding of Blessed Solanus Casey's life, spirituality, and legacy.

“The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few,” Jesus said as his eyes swept the crowds flocking to him for healing and hope (Mt 9:37). The next thing Christ does in Matthew’s Gospel is to choose 12 apostles to shepherd those lost sheep.

One of the most popular modern-day saints, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, was a humble Capuchin Franciscan priest who ministered in an Italian village and bore the stigmata—the wounds of Christ—for 50 years. Miraculously, the stigmata disappeared without a trace as he died at age 81 in 1968. The Church observes his feast on the day of his death, September 23.

The Capuchin Franciscans of the Province of St. Conrad celebrated two priesthood ordinations in June and one in May. The 2024 priesthood ordination class is the province’s largest since its 1977 inception.

In his last testimony in 1226, St. Francis of Assisi wrote with a tone of surprised joy that, “The Lord gave me brothers!” The saint marveled that God would call so many men to join him in this new, mendicant way of life at the service of the poor. By summer’s end, his modern-day followers, the Capuchin Franciscans of the Province of St. Conrad, will echo that same cry of joy, having celebrated

The Capuchin will be debuting a new series beginning Thursday, November 16th at 7 PM MT. Called "In the Hood," the new series will tackle crucial questions of Church and culture. The Capuchin Province of St. Conrad has steadily built a large, online audience through the web and social media. While series like "Good Morning, Good People," "Ask a Capuchin" and "A Simple Word" have been primarily

As we progress deeper through the journey of Lent, the Capuchins present a reflection on the suffering of Jesus in the garden. The following is an excerpt from The Agony of Jesus by St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Most Divine Spirit, enlighten and inflame me in meditating on the Passion of Jesus, help me to penetrate this mystery of love and suffering of a God, Who, clothed with our humanity, suffers

The late Capuchin Franciscan Fr. Regis Paul Scanlon’s ministerial life was as remarkable as a profile from Butler’s Lives of the Saints. Not only was his ministry wide-ranging, but his “crowning” work came 13 years after being given just a month to live. Born on Feb. 17, 1943, in Pittsburgh, Pa., to Jeremiah and Dorothy (Meyer) Scanlon, when he died after a long illness on Nov. 6, 2021, in

The benefits of the rapid exchange of information, via the internet, have afforded countless multitudes new opportunities to learn and grow—not just into more interesting or well-read people, but into a people who can better understand Christ and his Church through continuing education about the Faith. These opportunities prompted St. John Paul II to remark in the 1990’s that , “immediate access

In a major step on their journey toward priesthood, three Capuchin Franciscan friars of the Province of St. Conrad were ordained transitional deacons on March 19 in San Antonio, Texas. Brother Vincent Mary Carrasco, Br. Luke Jordan and Br. Jordan Rojas were ordained deacons by Bishop Gary Janak before a crowd of family, friends and formators at Immaculate Conception Chapel of the Oblate School

Pope Francis issued a rescript on May 18, allowing the possibility for lay members of a mixed religious community to be elected to positions of leadership. This welcome change was a long time coming and there is an important history behind it. It was the heads of the four major men's branches of the first order Franciscans: Friars Minor, Conventuals, Capuchins and Third Order Regulars (TOR’s) that