Catholic Standard

Holy Land collection to be taken up in all parishes on Good Friday

The annual collection to support the work of Franciscans in the Holy Land will again be taken up in all parishes worldwide on Good Friday, which this year is April 3.
National Catholic Register

Franciscan Friar’s ‘Way of the Cross’ Resumes on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem

As the Israel-Hamas conflict enters its third week, the Catholic Church in Jerusalem continues to raise its prayers to God for peace. On Friday, Oct. 27, in the context of the day of prayer, fasting, ...
National Catholic Reporter

Franciscan friars return to pastoral ministry at Walter Reed in Bethesda, Md.

Franciscan priests have returned to pastoral ministry at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, two months after the center decided to end their contract. The priests and ...
National Catholic Reporter

With Franciscan sisters' $1.5 million gift, Network to take on climate lobbying

Thanks to a recent $2 million gift from the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy organization founded by religious ...
News8000

Franciscan Spirituality Center hosts 17th annual Justice and Peace Walk

The Franciscan Spirituality Center welcomed participants of all ages and backgrounds for its 17th annual Justice and Peace ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Catholic Health System exec joins Virginia Mason Franciscan as chief medical officer

Hans P. Cassagnol, MD, has been appointed to the role of chief medical officer at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in Tacoma, Wash. In his new position, Dr. Cassagnol will lead all clinical operations ...