As November invites Catholics to pray for the souls of the departed, the story of St. Francis of Assisi’s final days offers a reflection on friendship, gratitude, memory, and the legacy we leave behind.
"It has been my dream to serve the kids, youth, elders, and native people by evangelizing Christ in any way I can, and that dream led me to become religious," Samantha Ashley Zaballero said.
Father Ulep urged the audience to contemplate the societal frameworks that enable the epidemic of poverty-related deaths and to embrace the discomfort they cause.
