By Franciscan Media Saint Maria Bertilla Boscardin’s Story – If anyone knew rejection, ridicule and disappointment, it was today’s saint. But such trials only brought Maria Bertilla […]
By Franciscan Media Blessed Luke Belludi’s Story – In 1220, Saint Anthony was preaching conversion to the inhabitants of Padua when a young nobleman, Luke Belludi, came up […]
By Franciscan Media The Story of the Chair of Saint Peter – This feast commemorates Christ’s choosing Peter to sit in his place as the servant-authority of […]
By Franciscan Media Saint Conrad of Piacenza’s Story – Born of a noble family in northern Italy, Conrad as a young man married Euphrosyne, daughter of a […]