Our Lady of the Rockies

Lord,

Help us to turn to each other and not on each other.

Help us to make better choices.

to love, not hate,

inclusion, not exclusion

in the Oneness of our Franciscan family.

 

by Reverend Joe Lowery

 

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November 5, 2008
Venerable Solanus Casey
(1870-1957)
 
Barney Casey became one of Detroit’s best-known priests even though he was not allowed to preach formally or to hear confessions!Barney came from a large family in Oak Grove, Wisconsin. At the age of 21, and after he had worked as a logger, a hospital orderly, a streetcar operator and a prison guard, he entered St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee—where he found the studies difficult. He left there and, in 1896, joined the Capuchins in Detroit, taking the name Solanus. His studies for the priesthood were again arduous.
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