Understanding Franciscan identity key to US friars' restructuring

Feb 10, 2014
by Joshua J. McElwee
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From left, Franciscan Frs. Tom Conway of the New York City-based Holy Name Province and Jose Martinez of the St. Louis-based Sacred Heart Province talk during the December 2012 meeting in Milwaukee of the seven U.S. provinces of the Order of Friars Minor.
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