by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 24, 2022 | Weekly-Email
It is the year 1935 and Waxahachie, Texas is a small, segregated town amid a depression. One evening the local sheriff, Royce Spalding, leaves the family dinner table to investigate trouble at the rail yards. He dies after being accidentally shot by a young black...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 20, 2022 | Friar Reflection
Before a baby is born, they are such a wonderful mystery. Though we can get a “peek” at them through ultrasound images, hear their heartbeat with a doppler, and speculate about what they might look like by forming a composite in our imaginations of their mom and dad’s...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 18, 2022 | Friar Reflection
This summer we have taken time to consider the first reading from daily Mass. The reading from the Prophet Micah is well matched to the Gospel in which the scribes and the Pharisees are asking for a sign so they will know that Jesus is who he says he is and as a...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 15, 2022 | Weekly-Email
Recently I was given to a fit of “spring cleaning” in my office. As with most house cleanings, the day was marked by occasions of, “Oh my gosh, I wondered where that was,” “Where did I get that?”, “Why in the world did I keep that?” and a host of other ongoing...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Jul 15, 2022 | Friar Reflection
In many ways St. Bonaventure is a Saint for the times in which we live – when divisions are ripe and the unity of a nation is being sorely tested. In the years while St. Francis was alive, the Franciscan Order experienced rapid growth – which only accelerated...
