Conventual Franciscan Friary of St. Joseph Cupertino

03/24/2025

This evening at the friary the Shrine of Saint The Shrine of St. Anthony hosted our third in a weekly series of Lenten Evening Prayer/Vespers/Holy Hour with Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction.

This weeks prayers were preside over by Friar-(transitional) Deacon Beto Bravo. Friary Beto gave a powerful homily as he spoke of the Christian need for personal growth and holy cultivation as followers of the Lord Jesus!

Please join us next week and for the remaining Sundays of Lent starting with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at 4:00 p.m. (with confessions available at that time) and then Vespers starting at 5:00 p.m. The service is usually concluded with light refreshments and time for fellowship in the friary library. All are welcome!

Praise God!

01/26/2025

Praise God!

06/18/2024

"Oh Lord, you make known to me the path of life; in your presence, you fill me with joy!" Psalm 16:11a

04/07/2024

PLEASE JOIN US: SUNDAY VESPERS!

Sunday Vespers during the Easter Season at the Shrine of St. Anthony

12290 Folly Quarter Road, Ellicott City, Maryland 21042

The Franciscan Friars of the Shrine of Saint Anthony invite our friends and neighbors to join us for Sunday Evening Prayer (Vespers) during the Easter Season.

Please join us on the following Sundays from 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in our chapel for prayer, Eucharistic adoration, a spiritual reflection offered each week by one of the friars, and Benediction. Each evening will conclude with fellowship and refreshments in our friary refectory (dining room)!

The spiritual theme of each Sunday will follow the Gospel of the Day:

* April 14th, the Third Sunday of Easter
— The Road to Emmaus

* April 21st, the Fourth Sunday of Easter
— Jesus, the Good Shepherd

*April 28th, the Fifth Sunday of Easter
— Jesus, the True Vine

*May 5th, the Sixth Sunday of Easter
— Jesus tells us to "Remain in his Love"

*April 12th, the Ascension of the Lord
— Proclaim the Gospel to Every Creature

*April 19th, the Feast of Pentecost
— Receive the Holy Spirit!

Please join us on these Sundays!

All Are Welcome!

10/06/2023

The fountain in our friary cortile inspires the fascination of both the young and the old (just don’t slip and fall into the water)!

Praise God!

05/17/2023

Dish washing after supper:

Our friars aspire to mutual love and a commitment to serve others! We hope this is made evident in the way we joyfully embrace the everyday, ordinary activities of our Christian and Franciscan lives!

“Regarding mutual charity, you have been taught by God to love one another; indeed you do this for all your sisters and brothers.

Nevertheless we urge you to progress even more, and to aspire to live peaceful lives, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your own hands, as you have been instructed.”

(Cf. 1 Thessalonians 11:9-11).

05/15/2023

From the time the Saint Joseph Cupertino Friary opened around 1930, thousands of Franciscan novices, student-friars, and solemnly professed friars (and quite a few Franciscan sisters as well) have called this place “home.”

If only these walls could talk!

04/06/2023

The Paschal Triduum has begun!

This afternoon at 4:00 p.m., we began the Triduum at St Joseph's Nursing Home with a beautiful Mass of the Lord’s Supper! Many of the residents, and the Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate who administer the home, came together in the chapel for the celebration.

After the Mass, the sisters gave me an “Easter basket” to take back to the friars of the Conventual Franciscan Friary of St. Joseph Cupertino. It’s filled with treats and traditional Polish Easter foods! Yum!!

Praise God!

04/03/2023

The view from here . . .

Praise God!

04/02/2023

If you are interested, my Palm Sunday 2023 pre-recorded homily has been posted. Follow the following link to find it online. Peace, Friar Timothy

On Palm Sunday, a part in the Gospel that we hear is Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. This is where Jesus goes through suffering in accepting his Passion. ...

03/31/2023

The Refectory after the evening meal . . .

“We give you thanks Almighty God, for all your gifts . . . and may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.”