by Steve Patti | Jun 28, 2015 | Advocacy, Franciscan, Franciscan Friars, St. Francis, Tradition
Nice to be back in Raleigh after some time away. I was at a pastors/guardians meeting in northern New Jersey last week, and when the meetings ended, I spent some time in Philadelphia at St. Francis Inn and also in Washington D.C. on my way back. I love to have free...
by Steve Patti | Jun 14, 2015 | Franciscan, Franciscan Friars, St. Francis
I was talking with a friar friend of mine at St. Francis Inn in Philadelphia and he told me that anticipation is running high for the pope’s upcoming visit to that city in September. Hotel rooms are hard to come by. There is speculation – slim – that perhaps Pope...
by Steve Patti | May 31, 2015 | Advocacy, Franciscan Friars, Stewardship
It’s the time of year, as I look outside my window, that everything is in bloom and it has the feel of the beginning of summer. That’s the way it was when I was a kid and we would go up to Sanbornville, NH on Memorial Day weekend, have a big cookout, jump in the pool,...
by Steve Patti | Mar 15, 2015 | Bishop's Annual Appeal, Community Organizations, Franciscan Friars, Stewardship
We continue to welcome our new Fr. Steve to St. Francis. Steve made his debut at the community mass on March 4. Later that day, one of the Kindergarten teachers presented me with “The Franciscan School’s Guide to Having 2 Fr. Steves”, a binder with helpful hints on...
by Steve Patti | Mar 8, 2015 | Bishop's Annual Appeal, Franciscan, Franciscan Friars
We have very good news to announce here at St. Francis. We now have a fourth friar in our community. You may have met him last week holding the door at the entrances. His name is Fr. Steve Kluge (pronounced Kloo-gee), and he is originally from New Jersey. Steve and I...
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