Growing up on the farm in Marcus, IA required the entire family along with community support to bring in an abundant harvest. Mary Francis along with siblings, parents, neighbors and hired hand...

4 minutes, 54 seconds
Published: 6/24/2008

Mary Francis combines the Prayer of St. Francis with melody to rejoice in the bounty of accepting God's will.


1 minutes, 32 seconds
Published: 6/24/2008

Mary Francis retells her friend's story about a grand mother contemplating the hands that pulled her through a lifetime of living. A touching tale of a single observation triggering an eruption...

4 minutes, 06 seconds
Published: 6/24/2008

Mary Francis recounts the spiritual transcendence experienced while visiting a mountain chapel dedicated to veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Christ.

5 minutes, 13 seconds
Published: 6/24/2008

When celebration of the mass comes the Arizona convalescent home the song selection required slight modification. Distributing the Eucharist a woman saddened by the loss of a sister finds joy c...

1 minutes, 19 seconds
Published: 6/24/2008

Mary Francis gathers comments and insights on life at the Rossmoor Senior Community. Varied lifestyles and interest brought current residents to Rossmoor. Mary Francis gets the details and give...

1 minutes, 54 seconds
Published: 6/24/2008

Army Nursing Corp induction leads Mary Francis to the windswept Kansas plains and the love of her life. The rest, as they say in the movies, is history. One correction to the record: the "nic...

3 minutes, 13 seconds
Published: 7/28/2007

Mary Francis shares clippings from the Marcus News reporting on her brother's citation for gallantry in action during World War II. Article published in hometown paper read by special guest Pod...

1 minutes, 45 seconds
Published: 7/28/2007

Excerpts from a letter of gratitude in reply to condolences for the loss of beloved pet dog Honey. Fond memories of joy with Honey. It's a dog's life and a pretty fine one at that.

4 minutes, 12 seconds
Published: 4/26/2007

Dad, mom, four kids and a newborn baby drive from Virginia to Seattle, Washington in 1960. Diversions, sightseeing adventures, visits with relatives and chance encounters coast-to-coast on tran...

13 minutes, 20 seconds
Published: 3/19/2007