The Conventual Franciscan friars at Assumption Church in Syracuse, New York are suing a music and event venue for disrupting their way of life through hosting loud concerts, blocking the friars’ ...

In late August, three Franciscan friars taught a group of Ukrainian actors how to wander around like zombies. The friars were taking part in a collaborative effort among Capuchin and Conventual friars ...

Friars in formation from the U.S. and Colombia hike in an old-growth forest near Medellin, Colombia, in July during a summer service program of the Conventual Franciscan order. Among other facets, the ...

Assumption Church, on the north side of Syracuse, N.Y., is the foundation church of the Conventual Franciscan Friars in the United States. The roots of the parish date to 1843, when 24 German-speaking ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — While the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo has recently released names of accused priests, it has still been largely "hands off" when it comes to acknowledging sexual abuse by religious ...

The Rev. Joachim A. Giermek, a Sloan native, has been elected to the top leadership post of the international Order of Conventual Franciscan Friars. During a general chapter of the order last Saturday ...

Pope Benedict has established new juridical norms for the famous Basilica of St. Francis, as well as the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels, both located in Assisi, Italy and run respectively by the ...

Br. Dennis Sokolowski, OFM Conv., 89, a Franciscan Friar Conventual of Our Lady of the Angels Province, passed away Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Enfield, Conn. Born Edward Walter Sokolowski in ...

+Fr. Gary Klauer +Fr. Gary Klauer, OFM Conv. (1945-2014) With great sadness the Conventual Franciscan friars of St. Joseph of Cupertino Province announce the passing of Fr. Gary Klauer, Vicar ...

They aren?t priests. They aren?t monks. They?re friars, and they opened their doors Sunday for their third open house after more than a half-century of seclusion at the friary on Folly Quarter Road in ...