Did You Know – Formation Fridays Available On-Line
Every Friday, Diane F. Menditto, OFS Chair, National Formation Commission, emails a “FORMATION FRIDAY” [...]
Did You Know – Keeping our Focus on St. Francis of Assisi Topics
We are happy to announce that the entire series of 24 topics of Father John Sullivan, O.F.M. revised course Keeping our Focus on St. Francis of Assisi is now available and easily accessible to everyone! [...]
Sharing the Vision – News from the Executive Council
(This article originally appeared in the TAU-USA Fall Issue #104)
2021 NAFRA Chapter and National Elections
The 2021 NAFRA Chapter will be held virtually October 26-31, 2021. Given the decision to hold the Chapter virtually, the National Elections needed to be rescheduled. The National […]
Franciscan Living – God Alone
Hear O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. (Deut: 6:4-5) So begins the “Shema,” commonly known as the most important prayer in the Jewish faith. It identifies that God alone is the only God, and we should love Him with all that we are and do―but so many of our prayers seem to be meditating about God rather than praying to Him. [...]
Transcendence or Immanence?
Anyone who has spent much time visiting different Franciscan fraternities is aware that there are different ways of understanding how to live out our Franciscan life.
Did You Know – Prayer page
Check out the new Prayers, Prayer Services, & Ceremonies on our website. As of Nov. 17, 2021 “PRAY WITH US” is on our Menu.
There are Six Categories of prayers.
You will find links to traditional Franciscan prayers, prayer services and ceremonies, and […]
Holiness Behind Bars
“Would you be willing to mentor a young man in prison who wants to be a Franciscan?” What a question! What a surprise! I’m always eager to share my life with anyone who is interested, but I never imagined being asked to share our Franciscan life with a prisoner on the other side of the United States. ...
National Minister’s Message – Who We Are
Three years ago, I made a Visitation to Tau Cross Regional Fraternity. Something happened during that visit that made quite an impact, and I have remembered it ever since. Our ongoing formation topic that day was the OFS Rule. I was interested in what the Rule meant to those gathered, so I handed out blank postcards and asked everyone to write down three words – just three words – to describe the Rule. ...
Did You Know – Updated Translations!
Does this mean there is a new Rule? No. The Rule itself has not changed, meaning that the update did not affect the articles of the Rule. The General Constitutions and the Ritual have also not changed, Then why the "update"? ...
Diversity – Is a Gift to Us from God!
There were so many good titles to choose for this article, but I felt compelled to choose this one. It came from Tom Ha, OFS, our Korean brother from Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Fraternity in Houston, Texas. This message has resonated with me so many times this past year. It is so true that Diversity is a Gift to us from God, and what we do with that Gift is especially important. ...