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
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“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.
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:
Join the recitation of the rosary live at the Vatican
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Pope Francis calls for worldwide rosary today, March 19
Pope Francis is inviting the faithful around the world to pray the Luminous Mysteries of the rosary at 9 p.m. Rome time on the Feast of St. Joseph, Thursday, March 19.
YouFra Team Brings Youthful Exuberance
The afternoon began with an upbeat, music video portraying famous dancers from all generations – all dancing to the pop music, “Uptown Funk,” by Bruno Mars.
Take a Mindful Franciscan Pause to Thwart Bias
Matthew (13:54-58) recounts how, when Jesus came to his hometown and began to teach in the synagogue, people were as- tounded, and even took offense. They knew him as the carpenter’s son; not this new Jesus. “This image of him in the synagogue did not fit the Jesus they had in their heads,”
Service Project Aids 1,000 Immigrants
Up to 18 boxes at a time were delivered for days to the home of Patsy Cueva Philipps, OFS, in Corpus Christi.