Miserando atque Eligendo
I welcomed everyone to our National Chapter at the Savior Pastoral Center outside of Kansas City, Kansas, with the words: “Miserando atque Eligendo.”
Praying The Rosary for Our Four Fraternities
Please permit me to request every Secular Franciscan in the United States to pray the Third Decade of the Rosary for our One Secular Franciscan Order and our Four Fraternities to which each of us belongs!
Conversion Times Three–Five Point Plan Pages 29-33
By Dear Brothers and Sisters of Penance,
May the Lord bring us Peace! By our very definition as “Brothers and Sisters of Penance,” any day is a good day for repentance or conversion. After all, our Secular Franciscan Rule 7 states: “United by […]
Make Your Weeks Ahead Holy
Sisters and Brothers, may the Lord grant you peace!
Countless millions of us are ordered to “stay-at-home,” not to go to work, not to go to school, and to practice safe and social distancing when venturing out of doors for specific purposes. Religious services and events are being cancelled while religious […]
The Beatitudes of Penance – Five Point Plan pg 23-26
Regardless of provenance, the Franciscan Peace Prayer offers a wonderful Lenten source of meditation.
Brothers and Sisters of Penance – Five Point Plan pg 19-21
When St. Francis called us into an Order in the very beginning and wrote our Rule, he considered and named us, "Brothers and Sisters of Penance." Let us spend a few moments in this Lenten Season unpacking our name.
“Fraternity and Francis” In Following the Franciscan Way
At every step in following the Franciscan Way, from Inquiry to Ongoing Formation, in prayer, one should journey with Sacred Scriptures in one hand and the Secular Franciscan Rule and General Constitutions in the other hand, and with both eyes, as clearly as possible, focused on Christ and Francis.
Pope Francis’ Extraordinary Blessing Live March 27, 1pm Eastern
Pope Francis' Extraordinary Blessing broadcasting Live Friday, March 27, 2020 1pm Eastern
For All The Saints: St. Francis’s Five-Point Plan for Salvation
By Deacon Tom Bello, OFS As I have said many times, we are wasting each other’s time in fraternity if we are not, as good Secular Franciscans, trying to bring each other to salvation. Please permit me to do my part and share with you Saint Francis’s Five-Point Plan for Salvation, found in the very first words of the Prologue in our Secular Franciscan Rule:
World Water Day on Laetare Sunday from Carolyn Townes, OFS
World Water Day is an annual United Nations observance day that highlights the importance of freshwater. The day is used to advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.