by Steve Patti | Jan 10, 2016 | Advocacy, Events
As I write this on the day before New Year’s Eve, I am very much taken by a photograph I saw in a newspaper yesterday. In the photo, a woman holds a 5-month-old child in front of her. The woman smiles widely. A crowd of people is gathered. The caption tells us that...
by Steve Patti | Dec 25, 2015 | Advocacy, Evangelization, Events, Franciscan, Franciscan Friars, St. Francis
A warm welcome to all as we celebrate Christmas! A great gift our parish received this past year is the donation of the Giotto frescoes which you see on the walls in the gathering space and down the hallway that leads to the Founders Room. These are replicas of the...
by Steve Patti | Nov 29, 2015 | Advocacy, Franciscan, Franciscan Friars, Service Ministry, Stewardship
We have arrived in the season of Advent, a time of year when the days get shorter, the darkness comes earlier, and we watch, once again, for the birth of a child, who is the light that shines in the darkness, then, now, and always. It’s a beautiful time of the year as...
by Steve Patti | Sep 13, 2015 | Advocacy, Community Organizations, Franciscan, Franciscan School, Ministry, Prayer, St. Francis Preschool, Tradition
Well it’s the time of year in which it feels like everything is getting started. Both our school and preschool are back in session. Family faith formation is starting up again soon and you’ll notice for this year that faith formation times are oriented more around the...
by Steve Patti | Jul 5, 2015 | Advocacy, Pastoral, St. Francis
A couple of interfaith moments here at St. Francis over the past week: the first was last Friday evening, as a group from St. Francis shared a meal with a Muslim community based out of Cary. The Muslim community is in the midst of the celebration of Ramadan, which...
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...
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