Friars and volunteers pose for a photo. Photo by Roanecia Reid. About five years ago, the friars began to address the urgent need for medical and dental care among the people in the small settlement of Revival, a…
Read MoreFr. Colin King and Br. John Barker are Franciscan missionary friars at our Jamaican mission. Get an update about the friars’ work and needs directly from them at the medical clinic in this brief video. You won’t want to miss…
Read MoreJanuary 16th is a significant date in the life of St. Anthony of Padua. Francisco de Zurbarán, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons In 1210, Anthony joined the Canons of St. Augustine in Lisbon, Portugal, to study for the…
Read MoreFr. Jim Bok, OFM, with Jamaican schoolchildren Giving Tuesday, which always falls on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, started in the US in 2012 as a way to give back and transform communities. Since its inception, this global generosity…
Read MoreFriars Brian Menezes and Tyler Grudi participated in the Brothers Walking Together program. Dear Friends, Each year, friars in formation participate in the Brothers Walking Together program—an interprovincial, post-novitiate experience coordinated by the six US provinces in which…
Read MoreSince Fr. Colin King’s arrival to the friars’ Jamaican missions about five years ago, he has been instrumental in the development of many lifesaving projects and initiatives, including a medical and dental clinic that you helped make possible.
Read MoreRoger Bacon students load desks bound for Jamaica. Thanks to some creative friar thinking and the generosity of Roger Bacon High School, students in Jamaica will soon have their own work space to spread…
Read MoreMary, Gate of Heaven in Negril, Jamaica, all lit up for Advent and Christmas. Photo by Jim Bok, OFM In September 2008 I arrived as a missionary in Negril, Jamaica. October came and went and then November came…
Read MoreFr. Colin King, OFM, with children in Revival, Jamaica. On Giving Tuesday, we raised $6,200 for our efforts to help build the Infant (3-6 year old’s) school in Revival, Jamaica. We’re off to a great start. Fr. Colin…
Read MoreTemporary professed friars: Br. Raphael Ozoude, Joshua Richter, and Matt Ryan This summer, three temporary professed friars from the Province of St. John the Baptist left St. Joseph Interprovincial Friary in Chicago for three very different ministerial assignments.…
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