News and updates from the Cause for Canonization, the Solanus Casey Center and the Father Solanus Guild.
The time before Christmas every year is filled with signs of preparation all around us. Even before the liturgical season of Advent begins, one cannot help but notice the Christmas decorations already on the light poles along the roads…
The Seraphic Mass Association was founded in Lucerne, Switzerland, on October 18, 1899. A Third Order Secular Franciscan named Frieda Folger discovered the need to financially support Capuchin Missionaries around…
It was only after my arrival in Detroit that I came to know more about Blessed Solanus. One day, a theme for a reflection I was writing was, “how Solanus looked at the suffering he confronted in his life”. I am happy to share…
It was June, 1937, and there was going to be a grand celebration at St. Joseph’s Church in Prescott, Wisconsin. The parish was celebrating its 75th anniversary! St. Joseph’s was memorable…
Phil found God’s grace and healing through the intercession of Blessed Solanus Casey.
With the arrival of July, we joyfully prepare to commemorate the feast of Blessed Solanus Casey, a simple Capuchin friar whose life still inspires countless hearts worldwide…
The more I read, the more I hear, the more I know about Father Solanus, he keeps surprising me. How could a man have such a great trust in God? How could someone always breathe God like that? Yes, every breath of him was for the love of God…
One of the ministries of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen is Earthworks Urban Farm. It is one of the oldest urban farms in the city of Detroit. Most of the food we grow — 3 tons last year! — goes to our two soup kitchens. Some goes to…
Br. Gregory Armstrong, OFM Cap., a Capuchin friar from the Denver-based Province of St. Conrad currently studying at the Oblate School of Theology, has been awarded the inaugural Blessed Solanus Casey Essay Prize in the Graduate Student category.
