by Diogenes Ruiz | Aug 3, 2016 | Prayer, St. Francis
It was a wonderful evening as we came together to pray for peace last night. After the readings and words from Fr. Steve Patti, we processed through the church singing a chant for peace while a drum beat marked time. Then we gathered in a large semi circle in front of...
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 | Oct 11, 2015 | Community Life, Evangelization, Events, Family Formation, St. Francis
Many thanks to all who helped to make our FrancisFest celebration last weekend a big success. Even with the clouds and rain, the “Rain Plan” for FrancisFest worked perfectly. After the 11:30 mass, I walked around and found all kinds of things going on: I had a platter...
by Steve Patti | Oct 4, 2015 | St. Francis
This is a big weekend for us at St. Francis as we celebrate our patron saint, Francis of Assisi. Francis was born in 1182 and died in 1226, and nearly eight centuries after his death remains one of if not the most beloved of saints. A good book about his life is...
by Steve Patti | Sep 27, 2015 | St. Francis
I was very much taken by a front-page story in the News & Observer the week before last which told of an encounter of a Raleigh police officer with a man who, in a fight, threatened him with a knife. The moment was tense, but nothing came of it. A year or so...
by Steve Patti | Sep 23, 2015 | St. Francis
A special thank you this week to Olivia, a young kindergarten student at our school, for her answer to a question I asked when I visited her classroom the week before last. As part of her class’s Thursday morning bible share, I asked them “Tell me about Jesus?...
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