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Pat McCloskey, OFM

Pat McCloskey, OFM, is Franciscan editor of St. Anthony Messenger, its "Ask a Franciscan" columnist, and the editor of Weekday Homily Helps.
Saint Francis of Assisi on horeseback

Growing In Faith Like St. Francis

Pat McCloskey, OFM February 2, 2023

Francis of Assisi was always a saint, right? Absolutely wrong! In his teens and early 20s, he often found God’s ways to be an obstacle to the generous life for which he would much later be revered.

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Ask a Franciscan: A Lector’s Challenge

Pat McCloskey, OFM January 23, 2023

I have been a lector for many years. Although I had some training as an actor, I have tried not to be too emotive when I proclaim the readings. Until recently, pastors and people in the parish have given very positive feedback. 

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Marian shrine and statue in the United States

Ask a Franciscan: Devotion to Mary

Pat McCloskey, OFM December 10, 2022

What is the oldest Marian shrine in the United States?   The Shrine of Our Lady de la Leche at Mission Nombre de Dios in St. Augustine, Florida, was built in 1615. The devotion to Mary as the nursing mother of Jesus and the patron of a safe childbirth began in Spain in the 1590s. King

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