Finding the Time to Share Our Lives
Sometimes, relationships don’t come naturally. They take intentionality.
Breaking In The Habit
Reflections of a Friar in Training
Learning My Lesson… Again
For nearly six years I have lived in a community of religious men seeking to live humbly and serve others. I’ve been to workshops, heard lectures, went on retreats, prayed for countless hours, and really, just lived this… Read More
What I’ll Take With Me
As hard as it is to believe, Christian and I had our last Spanish class yesterday. After a little more than seven weeks, our time is up at La72, and we’ll be heading to Mexico City on Wednesday… Read More
The Young and the Restructured
Some worry that religious life is a dying institution. Not me.
Road Trip!
Follow the journey of two friars across the country
More of the Same
With the exception of the full-year hiatus when I wasn’t allowed to write during novitiate, these past two weeks have been the longest period of time without posting something. For all my avid readers out there, and by avid… Read More
Christmas With The Brothers
Being a friar is in some ways like being a waiter at a restaurant: we’re busiest in the evenings, on weekends, and during the holidays, those times when everyone else is off and with family. For most friars, it… Read More
Don’t Fear Fraternity
As friars, we’re busy people. The students go to school and volunteer at ministry sites; the solemnly professed work full time jobs; the postulants (first year) volunteer at ministry sites and attend many classes and workshops on a… Read More
Pray with One Voice
“May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to think in harmony with one another, in keeping with Christ Jesus, that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”… Read More
A Welcomed Downsize
In my first three years in formation with the friars, I have not experienced what many would consider “normal” friar life. Let me qualify: while there are many different types of friar communities and by no means a… Read More
Fraternal Embrace
Every three years, the friars throughout the world come together within their respective provinces in what is called a “chapter.” At this meeting, new leadership is elected, reports are made about the previous three years to identify areas of success… Read More
