Reflections from the Mount

Pentecost Is Not The End

Pentecost Is Not The End – Br. Michael, ofm   Pentecost is so often looked at as one day, a bleep in the liturgical calendar, a reminder the Easter Season […]

Franciscan Friar Louis (Patrick) Geelan, O.F.M.  

               Franciscan Friar Louis (Patrick) Geelan, O.F.M., went to his eternal home on April 16, 2023 at the age of 88, after 66 years […]

Easter Encounters    

                   – Br. Michael, ofm Easter Encounters       Easter Greetings! Spending time with the Resurrection accounts this Easter week has allowed for […]

Rest in Peace Father Louis Geelan 

Rest in Peace Father Louis Geelan   Father Louis Geelan (1934-2023), Franciscan Friar and long-time member of the Mount St. Francis Retreat Team entered his eternal glory on Divine Mercy […]

Easter: Life from Death

Br. Michael, ofm Life is full of unknowns death seems to lurk always near.   Life from death does not make sense.   Yet the parable of the seed gives […]

Blessings of Peace at Easter Triduum

Br. Michael, ofm We journey in these sacred days from darkness to light, table to garden, cross to tomb, despair to hope, sorrow to joy, Resurrection assured. Peace and All […]

Holy Week: The Crossbeam

Br. Michael, ofm     The crossbeam of my life anxiety sickness instability and I fall. The crossbeam of my life physical ailment mental breakdown spiritual emptiness                               and I […]