2021 marks the 8th centenary of Anthony’s meeting with Francis, a crucial turn of events in the life of the Portuguese friar
June 14 2021
Paul Spilsbury
Guilt Cycle
If our experience of guilt does not point to a clear way back to healing, it isn’t guilt at all, but scruples...
June 07 2021
Dr. G. Popcak
A Flemish Painting
THERE is a painting at the National Gallery in London of which I am particularly fond. It shows Saint Anthony with his fellow friars distributing loaves of bread to the poor at the entrance of a church...
June 01 2021
Mario Conte, OFM Conv.
Setting Boundaries
Boundaries are necessary because they allow us to teach others how to be in relationship with us
May 30 2021
Dr. G. Popcak
Sticks & Stones
I’M SURE you have seen the 1964 musical film My Fair Lady at least once. The movie depicts a poor Cockney flower-seller named Eliza who takes speech lessons from a phonetics professor so that she may pass as a lady in the high society of Edwardian London. After a few weeks of daily hard lessons, Eliza becomes so fed up with her speech teacher that she exclaims (or better sings), “Words! Words! Words! I’m so sick of words.”
