Brother Thꙮmas OFMCap
@brtom.net
brother, icon painter, spiritual nomad, sinner
Detroit, MI, USA
(previously 🇵🇱🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭 with a big heart for 🇺🇦)
Detroit, MI, USA
(previously 🇵🇱🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭 with a big heart for 🇺🇦)
Only three spots left. Please help spread the word.
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Only three spots left. Please help spread the word.
One of many perks of the Capuchin habit: people randomly give you a ride when you wait for a bus.
Just checked for you: it works even in the Bronx.
Just checked for you: it works even in the Bronx.
November 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
One of many perks of the Capuchin habit: people randomly give you a ride when you wait for a bus.
Just checked for you: it works even in the Bronx.
Just checked for you: it works even in the Bronx.
Coming up next year in Washington, MI.
September 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Coming up next year in Washington, MI.
@frcharles.bsky.social, do you know the story of young Thomas Merton going to confession to a Capuchin church in New York and the priest completely destroying his dream of a Franciscan vocation? Do you know what church it was?
September 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
@frcharles.bsky.social, do you know the story of young Thomas Merton going to confession to a Capuchin church in New York and the priest completely destroying his dream of a Franciscan vocation? Do you know what church it was?
Great documentary on what life of many people in Ukraine looks like.
khersonhumansafari.com
khersonhumansafari.com
Kherson: Human Safari
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Kherson: Human Safari. Trailer.
© 2025 Zarina Zabrisky. All rights reserved. Kherson: Human Safari is a copyrighted work protected under U.S., U.K., Ukrainian, and international law.
khersonhumansafari.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Great documentary on what life of many people in Ukraine looks like.
khersonhumansafari.com
khersonhumansafari.com
Christ Pantocrator, 2025
11”x14” (28x36 cm)
gold leaf and egg tempera on gessoed linden wood board
11”x14” (28x36 cm)
gold leaf and egg tempera on gessoed linden wood board
August 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Christ Pantocrator, 2025
11”x14” (28x36 cm)
gold leaf and egg tempera on gessoed linden wood board
11”x14” (28x36 cm)
gold leaf and egg tempera on gessoed linden wood board
Theotokos of Vladimir (Eleousa), 2025
8”x10” (20x25 cm)
gold leaf and egg tempera on gessoed linden wood board
8”x10” (20x25 cm)
gold leaf and egg tempera on gessoed linden wood board
August 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Theotokos of Vladimir (Eleousa), 2025
8”x10” (20x25 cm)
gold leaf and egg tempera on gessoed linden wood board
8”x10” (20x25 cm)
gold leaf and egg tempera on gessoed linden wood board
Happy feast day!
Don’t loose your head, unless it’s for the Boss!
Don’t loose your head, unless it’s for the Boss!
August 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Happy feast day!
Don’t loose your head, unless it’s for the Boss!
Don’t loose your head, unless it’s for the Boss!
Reposted by Brother Thꙮmas OFMCap
I loathe your guns. God loathes your guns and the false idol that has been built up around them.
Dozens of squads en route to Annunciation Church, casualties reported.
Massive police response to reports of gunfire near south Minneapolis church
Dozens of squads en route to Annunciation Church, casualties reported.
bit.ly
August 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I loathe your guns. God loathes your guns and the false idol that has been built up around them.
Reposted by Brother Thꙮmas OFMCap
August 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Reposted by Brother Thꙮmas OFMCap
God *damn* the guns.
Dozens of squads en route to Annunciation Church, casualties reported.
Massive police response to reports of gunfire near south Minneapolis church
Dozens of squads en route to Annunciation Church, casualties reported.
bit.ly
August 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
God *damn* the guns.
Pope Francis, Angelus on Sunday, August 21, 2022:
“In the passage from the Gospel of Luke for this Sunday’s liturgy, someone asks Jesus, ‘Will those who are saved be few?’ And the Lord responds: “Strive to enter by the narrow door” (Lk 13:24).
“In the passage from the Gospel of Luke for this Sunday’s liturgy, someone asks Jesus, ‘Will those who are saved be few?’ And the Lord responds: “Strive to enter by the narrow door” (Lk 13:24).
August 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Pope Francis, Angelus on Sunday, August 21, 2022:
“In the passage from the Gospel of Luke for this Sunday’s liturgy, someone asks Jesus, ‘Will those who are saved be few?’ And the Lord responds: “Strive to enter by the narrow door” (Lk 13:24).
“In the passage from the Gospel of Luke for this Sunday’s liturgy, someone asks Jesus, ‘Will those who are saved be few?’ And the Lord responds: “Strive to enter by the narrow door” (Lk 13:24).
This is who runs this account.
August 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is who runs this account.
N - Stockholm, Sweden
S - Galveston, TX, USA
E - Kfar Nakhum, Israel
W - Willits, CA, USA
S - Galveston, TX, USA
E - Kfar Nakhum, Israel
W - Willits, CA, USA
N - Lac-Bouchette, QC, Canada
S - Jacó, Costa Rica
E - Prague (Budapest, I think, as baby)
W - Crow Agency, MT, USA (CA maybe, as a fetus)
S - Jacó, Costa Rica
E - Prague (Budapest, I think, as baby)
W - Crow Agency, MT, USA (CA maybe, as a fetus)
N — Dunvegan, Skye, Scotland
S — Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii
E — Tokyo, Japan
W — Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii
I need to make it south of the equator
S — Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii
E — Tokyo, Japan
W — Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii
I need to make it south of the equator
August 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
N - Stockholm, Sweden
S - Galveston, TX, USA
E - Kfar Nakhum, Israel
W - Willits, CA, USA
S - Galveston, TX, USA
E - Kfar Nakhum, Israel
W - Willits, CA, USA
As a foreign religious worker myself I’ve been waiting for any change for years. I don’t think anything will happen though. Again.
Faith leaders say even a narrow fix will be enough to prevent damaging losses to congregations and to start planning for the future again.
Faith leaders hope bill will stop the loss of thousands of clergy from abroad serving US communities
Faith leaders across the U.S. are hoping a bipartisan bill in Congress might finally provide relief to an immigration issue that has been vexing them for more than two years.
bit.ly
July 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
As a foreign religious worker myself I’ve been waiting for any change for years. I don’t think anything will happen though. Again.
Why are Catholic bros so obsessed with fitness and bodybuilding?
June 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Why are Catholic bros so obsessed with fitness and bodybuilding?
Casually skipping around monastery courtyard, minding my own business…
Brother Guardian: “Stop being happy.”
It’s the life of penance, I guess.
Brother Guardian: “Stop being happy.”
It’s the life of penance, I guess.
June 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Casually skipping around monastery courtyard, minding my own business…
Brother Guardian: “Stop being happy.”
It’s the life of penance, I guess.
Brother Guardian: “Stop being happy.”
It’s the life of penance, I guess.
💔
I wrote a paper about him in 2018 or 2019.
I wrote a paper about him in 2018 or 2019.
Padre Dall’Oglio, il cadavere forse in una fossa comune a Raqqa. La sorella: “Non ci credo”
https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/06/03/news/padre_paolo_dall_oglio_cadavere_raqqa_siria-424645463/?rss
https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/06/03/news/padre_paolo_dall_oglio_cadavere_raqqa_siria-424645463/?rss
June 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
💔
I wrote a paper about him in 2018 or 2019.
I wrote a paper about him in 2018 or 2019.
A local TV host* is volunteering today at our soup kitchen and everyone is like, “How can you not know her?” “Sweetie, I’m a geriatric millennial. What is local TV?”
*She’s very nice, not pretentious at all, and clearly has a lot of fun volunteering.
*She’s very nice, not pretentious at all, and clearly has a lot of fun volunteering.
April 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A local TV host* is volunteering today at our soup kitchen and everyone is like, “How can you not know her?” “Sweetie, I’m a geriatric millennial. What is local TV?”
*She’s very nice, not pretentious at all, and clearly has a lot of fun volunteering.
*She’s very nice, not pretentious at all, and clearly has a lot of fun volunteering.
Iconography Retreat “Eleusa”
July 6-12, 2025 in Washington, MI
Registration and more info: (248) 651-4826 or capretreat.org
Feel free to DM me directly with all your questions.
#icon #icons #iconography #sacredart #painting #catholic #byzantinecatholic #orthodox
July 6-12, 2025 in Washington, MI
Registration and more info: (248) 651-4826 or capretreat.org
Feel free to DM me directly with all your questions.
#icon #icons #iconography #sacredart #painting #catholic #byzantinecatholic #orthodox
April 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Iconography Retreat “Eleusa”
July 6-12, 2025 in Washington, MI
Registration and more info: (248) 651-4826 or capretreat.org
Feel free to DM me directly with all your questions.
#icon #icons #iconography #sacredart #painting #catholic #byzantinecatholic #orthodox
July 6-12, 2025 in Washington, MI
Registration and more info: (248) 651-4826 or capretreat.org
Feel free to DM me directly with all your questions.
#icon #icons #iconography #sacredart #painting #catholic #byzantinecatholic #orthodox
Reposted by Brother Thꙮmas OFMCap
February 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
(1/2) "One day when Abba John the Dwarf was sitting in front of the church, the brethren were consulting him about their thoughts. One of the old men who saw it became a prey to jealousy and said to him, 'John, your vessel is full of poison.'
February 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
(1/2) "One day when Abba John the Dwarf was sitting in front of the church, the brethren were consulting him about their thoughts. One of the old men who saw it became a prey to jealousy and said to him, 'John, your vessel is full of poison.'
Please pray for a regular guest of our soup kitchen who was stabbed this morning. His condition is serious, as far as I know.
February 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Please pray for a regular guest of our soup kitchen who was stabbed this morning. His condition is serious, as far as I know.