Author Archives Patrick Martin, OFS

• Comfort and Joy: Buen Camino

  
  

  • By Patrick Martin, OFS
  • On January 1, 2016

  Editor’s Note: As part of our “Comfort and Joy” Advent/Christmas blog series, FMS board member Patrick Martin shares an experience from his recent trip to Spain for the Camino de Santiago de Compostela Pilgrimage.  On September 29, we […]

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• The Light of One: Diary of a Young Southern Catholic

  
  

  • By Patrick Martin, OFS
  • On December 23, 2013

  Continuing our daily Advent reflection series, Secular Franciscan and Franciscan Mission Service Board Member Patrick Martin writes about the impact meeting Franciscans had on his faith as an impressionable Catholic college student in the South. […]

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• St. Elizabeth of Hungary: Not One To Love Without Acting

  
  

  • By Patrick Martin, OFS
  • On November 17, 2013

  Board member and Secular Franciscan Patrick Martin shares some thoughts for the feast of the Secular Order’s patroness, St. Elizabeth of Hungary.  Sometimes the lives of the saints can seem a bit dry, especially those […]

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