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Come-and-See Online Vocational Retreat December 2020
The US-6 OFM Franciscan Vocation Office is offering a Come-and-See Online Vocational Retreat on Saturday, Dec. 5. More information is available on Facebook. A reservation also requires completion of a submitted Initial Contact Form prior to the retreat. Participation...
Fratelli Tutti: Message of the Minister General
Dear Brothers, May the Lord give you peace! With great joy, I come to each of you to wish you a Happy Feast of Saint Francis 2020 from the bottom of my heart. Even though we are experiencing a world health emergency, nothing can separate us from the love of Christ...
Fraternitas 10.2020 (No. 281)
The October 2020 edition of ‘Fraternitas’ is now online and can be downloaded in several languages. PDF: English – Español – Italiano – Deutsch – Français – Hrvatski – Polski – Português DOC: English – Español – Italiano – Deutsch...
To Live and Follow | Letter of the Franciscan Ministers General on the 800th Anniversary of the Earlier Rule
To all the Friars of the First Order on the happy occasion of the eight hundredth anniversary of the Earlier Rule; we Ministers General send this letter: To remember with gratitude; To renew, with passion, our following of the Lord Jesus, as Friars Minor, in the form...
Forced like Jesus Christ to flee | 106th World Day of Migrants and Refugees
You have to know each person, who suffers exile – how much pain! Understand their struggles, their paths … Are they numbers? No! They are people, they have value! You have to get closer, From the dramas so far along the path. Serving is a must! Break the fears! It...
Economy of Francesco: online event confirmed from 19 to 21 November
The Economy of Francesco, the international event with young economists and entrepreneurs encouraged by the Holy Father, is confirmed and will be held from 19 to 21 November 2020. Given the ongoing state of the health emergency throughout the globe, the Organising...
Come-and-See Online Vocational Retreat September 2020
The US-6 OFM Franciscans Vocation Office is offering a Come-and-See Online Vocational Retreat with Friar Casey Cole, OFM, on Saturday, Sept. 19.
Complete English Translations of Early Franciscan Sources now Online
On August 31, 2020, the Commission on the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition (CFIT) announced the full incorporation onto its website of the classic three-volume series on the life and mission of St. Francis, Francis of Assisi: Early Documents, as well as a companion...
Franciscan Online Course: Laudato Si’ and Integral Ecology
The Laudato Si’ and Integral Ecology Franciscan Online Course is offered to everyone who wants to gain insights into the major themes of Pope Francis’ groundbreaking encyclical and who desires to become a part of the global Franciscan movement towards ecological...
Feast of St. Clare 2020: Letter of the Minister General
The Lord does not save us from history but within history My dear Poor Ladies of St. Clare, may the Lord give you His peace! “Lord God, look, I have been left here alone with you.” You probably recognise that this heartfelt cry of desolation was uttered by our Mother...
The Coronavirus crisis – a turning point | A Franciscan Perspective on COVID19
Since the Second World War, no event has caused the world so much unrest, anxiety and conflict as the coronavirus pandemic engulfing all countries. What hardly anyone could conceive has spread across the world like wildfire. A virus makes humanity – who considers...
Press Release: General Chapter
The General Definitory, after an attentive reflection and as a result of the dialogue and moments of discussion with the Presidents of the Conferences, during the extraordinary session of Thursday 30 July 2020, has decided that the General Chapter of the Order will be...
US Franciscan News
Come-and-See Online Vocational Retreat December 2020
The US-6 OFM Franciscan Vocation Office is offering a Come-and-See Online Vocational Retreat on Saturday, Dec. 5. More information is available on Facebook. A reservation also requires completion of a submitted Initial Contact Form prior to the retreat. Participation...
Fratelli Tutti: Message of the Minister General
Dear Brothers, May the Lord give you peace! With great joy, I come to each of you to wish you a Happy Feast of Saint Francis 2020 from the bottom of my heart. Even though we are experiencing a world health emergency, nothing can separate us from the love of Christ...
Fraternitas 10.2020 (No. 281)
The October 2020 edition of ‘Fraternitas’ is now online and can be downloaded in several languages. PDF: English – Español – Italiano – Deutsch – Français – Hrvatski – Polski – Português DOC: English – Español – Italiano – Deutsch...
To Live and Follow | Letter of the Franciscan Ministers General on the 800th Anniversary of the Earlier Rule
To all the Friars of the First Order on the happy occasion of the eight hundredth anniversary of the Earlier Rule; we Ministers General send this letter: To remember with gratitude; To renew, with passion, our following of the Lord Jesus, as Friars Minor, in the form...
Forced like Jesus Christ to flee | 106th World Day of Migrants and Refugees
You have to know each person, who suffers exile – how much pain! Understand their struggles, their paths … Are they numbers? No! They are people, they have value! You have to get closer, From the dramas so far along the path. Serving is a must! Break the fears! It...
Recent #FriarFriday Reflections
#FriarFriday – My Call. Your Call?
I stayed in the seminary, became a priest, a scientist, a professor, and a writer.
#FriarFriday – Refugees vs. Migrants
As much as we’d like to think that there’s a simple solution, such as a wall, the problem in Central America has been building for some time now, and there are no easy solutions.
#FriarFriday – It is Right and Just
With each other we ask before we thank; with God, we need to thank before we ask.
#FriarFriday – Dignity for Los Desconocidos
On August 19, a group of Franciscan friars, religious sisters, and like-minded lay people gathered to “plant a cross” near the spot where a migrant drown.
#FriarFriday – Politics & Religion: Head, Gut, and Heart
The two things Mom said we should never talk about in polite company, are still entwined passions.
#FriarFriday – the novices
A poem written by one of the Franciscan novices reflecting on his year in the novitiate.
Recent #FriarFriday Reflections
#FriarFriday – My Call. Your Call?
I stayed in the seminary, became a priest, a scientist, a professor, and a writer.
#FriarFriday – Refugees vs. Migrants
As much as we’d like to think that there’s a simple solution, such as a wall, the problem in Central America has been building for some time now, and there are no easy solutions.
#FriarFriday – It is Right and Just
With each other we ask before we thank; with God, we need to thank before we ask.
#FriarFriday – Dignity for Los Desconocidos
On August 19, a group of Franciscan friars, religious sisters, and like-minded lay people gathered to “plant a cross” near the spot where a migrant drown.
#FriarFriday – Politics & Religion: Head, Gut, and Heart
The two things Mom said we should never talk about in polite company, are still entwined passions.
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