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STEPHEN COPELAND
AUTHOR & STORYTELLER


St. Anthony Messenger: St. Francis Builds
Mike Johnson had his own law firm. The house, the jacuzzi, the tennis court. He sat on 13 boards and committees. His dream? To become a...


St. Anthony Messenger: Contemplating the Nature of the Universe
"If you want to know how science and religion are related, first come to know the deepest truth of yourself,” writes Sister Ilia Delio,...


Franciscan Media: Help Me Find Beauty
Between the 12th and 14th centuries, the Christian heresy of Catharism gained momentum in northern Italy and southern France. Like the...


St. Anthony Messenger: Stacking Stones on the Margins
“I saw this series is called ‘Rebuild My Church,’” says Catholic Extension Society chief mission officer Joe Boland as he settles in for...


St. Anthony Messenger: Housing First, Humanity Always
It was “one of those mornings.” Just moments before her interview with St. Anthony Messenger , Christina Byrne was dealing with a...


St. Anthony Messenger: Listening to God with the Ear of the Heart
In Thomas Merton’s 1948 autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain , which details his journey to the Catholic faith and becoming a...


St. Anthony Messenger: The Hidden Sanctuary of Holy Angels
If a book were written about their 70 years of service, they say it would be titled Behind the Bushes . Every day, tens of thousands of...
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