Franciscan Ministry
Friars and Daughters of Charity Help Those Left Behind in Santa Barbara
The late Tony Bennett sang about a city by the bay where “the morning fog may chill the air.”
For San Francisco lovers, the image is a romantic one. But the morning chill means something different for those who live on the streets of the Tenderloin District.
That’s where Brother Andrew Dinegar, OFM, comes in. He will frequently provide blankets, offering those most desperate a respite from the cold, as well as coffee and
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Day Camp Provides Summer Creativity Outlet for Puerto Rican Youth
The late Tony Bennett sang about a city by the bay where “the morning fog may chill the air.”
For San Francisco lovers, the image is a romantic one. But the morning chill means something different for those who live on the streets of the Tenderloin District.
That’s where Brother Andrew Dinegar, OFM, comes in. He will frequently provide blankets, offering those most desperate a respite from the cold, as well as coffee and
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Offering Blankets and Coffee, Friar Provides Help To The Neediest on Streets of San Francisco
The late Tony Bennett sang about a city by the bay where “the morning fog may chill the air.”
For San Francisco lovers, the image is a romantic one. But the morning chill means something different for those who live on the streets of the Tenderloin District.
That’s where Brother Andrew Dinegar, OFM, comes in. He will frequently provide blankets, offering those most desperate a respite from the cold, as well as coffee and
Franciscan Ministry
Franciscan Parish Community Center Serves Poor in New Jersey Town
A normal part of life in Butler, New Jersey, (population 8,000) are when the bears come down from the nearby hills, foraging for food.
Only an hour’s drive from Manhattan, the northwest New Jersey borough, tucked away in Morris County near the New York border, also deals with other pressing issues. Its population is aging, its rubber manufacturing base is long gone, and new immigrants, many willing and able to work in low-wage jobs, struggle to get by.
Fr. Matthew Pravetz, OFM, pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Church in Butler, leads a parish which responds in a way that lives up to its Franciscan heritage in its concern for the poor.
Franciscan Ministry
Two Friars Ordained to the Priesthood
They come from different generations, different backgrounds. But the two friars ordained to the priesthood May 4 at St. Camillus Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, are united by a shared vision of Franciscan ministry with a special concern for the need for sacramental ministry.
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The Desert Offers Room to Bloom for Mission Friar
Father Ponchie Vasquez, OFM, shepherds one of the largest parishes, in area, and also among the poorest that can be found anywhere in the United States.
San Xavier del Bac Mission lies just 10 miles south of downtown Tucson, Arizona, and contains nearly 72,000 acres of Sonoran Desert. There you will find the Tohono O’odham people, whose name translates to Desert People. They total around 33,643 with about 2,300 being part of the parish mission area.
