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A Reimagined Reflection By Brother Anthony: In the Footsteps of Jesus
Friar Jacob Polinski is a novice of the Conventual Franciscan Friars’ St. Bonaventure Province. He is currently completing his novitiate year at St. Francis of Assisi Novitiate in Arroyo Grande,...
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Accompanying the Dying
Accompanying the Dying By friar Chuck Henkle, OFM Conv. As a Franciscan priest who has served in hospice ministry even into my retirement years, I find this 800th anniversary of St. Francis’s death...
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The Woman Francis Called Brother
The Woman Francis Called Brother By friar Bill Short, OFM. The final days of St. Francis are remembered through the stories of those who gathered around him. Brother Bill Short, OFM, recounts the...
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A Reimagined Reflection By Lady Clare: At The Passing of Francis
A Reimagined Reflection By Lady Clare: At The Passing of Francis By Sister Joanne Schatzlein, OSF Sister Joanne Schatzlein, OSF, is a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi of Milwaukee,...
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800 Years Later, Francis Still Walks With Us
From Assisi to El Paso: 800 Years Later, Francis Still Walks With Us by Lily Limón, El Paso District 7 Representative As my husband, Joe, and I approached Assisi in 2007, I looked with wonder at the...
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The Transitus of St. Francis: 800 Years Later
The Transitus of St. Francis: 800 Years Later by friar Wayne Hellmann, OFM Conv. During this autumn of 2026 (more precisely, on October 3rd), the Franciscan Family gathers for the 800th time to...
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Walls to Protect or Walls to Divide?
Walls to Protect or Walls to Divide? by friar Rijo Mulavarickal Polachan, OFM Conv. I am friar Rijo. I grew up in Kerala, India, and I now serve with the friars in El Paso, Texas. When I think of my...
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Unarmed and Disarming Witnesses
Unarmed and Disarming Witnesses by friar Kole Resler, OFM Conv. I am friar Kole Resler, a novice and still a beginner in Franciscan religious life. The novitiate is a year set apart for prayer,...
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Formed for Peace, Formed for Fraternity
Formed for Peace, Formed for Fraternity by friar Andrew Angatia, OFM Conv. My name is friar Andrew Angatia, OFM Conv., from the Province of St. Francis of Assisi in Kenya. I am currently in my third...
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A Spirit That Still Speaks
A Spirit That Still Speaks by friar Valentine M. Jankowski, OFM Conv. May the Lord Jesus bless you with his peace. I write from Holy Cross Friary in Mesilla Park, New Mexico, where I am grateful to...
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Building Bridges Where the World Raises Boundaries
Building Bridges Where the World Raises Boundaries by friar Tumaku Yao Clement, OFM Conv. I am friar Tumaku Yao Clement of the Conventual Franciscans in Ghana, Africa. I was born into a family of six...
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May We All Be Franciscan
May We All Be Franciscan by friar Marcos Quesada Navarro, OFM Conv. I am a Conventual Franciscan friar from Costa Rica and a member of the Custody of Mary, Mother of Mercy, within the Province of Our...
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A Friar on the Border
A Friar on the Border by friar Joseph Bach, OFM Conv. I am a Conventual Franciscan Friar; but not first by habit, not first by title, not first by the grey cloth that brushes desert dust. I am Brother....
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The Long Loneliness
The Long Loneliness By friar Vincent Petersen, OFM Conv. To champion the cause of justice and peace is to accept a risk the prophets knew well: to be dismissed, avoided, and misunderstood. When one...
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Q&A With Sister Charity Nkandu
Q&A With Sister Charity Nkandu Sister Charity Lydia Katongo Nkandu, SFMA, is a prominent advocate for human rights and children’s welfare, serving as a representative for Franciscans International...
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A Disarming Peace: Franciscan Social Theatre – Bold Hope in Syria
A Disarming Peace: Franciscan Social Theatre – Bold Hope in Syria By friar Michael Lasky, OFM Conv. In a world scarred by conflict, Pope Leo XIV reminds us that true peace is “unarmed and disarming,”...
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“Enough of War”: Pope Leo’s Call to Reconciliation and Peace
“The world is thirsting for peace. We need a true and sound era of reconciliation that puts an end to the abuse of power, displays of force and indifference to the rule of law. Enough of war, with all...
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Pax Christi: From Pilgrimage to Peacebuilding
Pax Christi: From Pilgrimage to Peacebuilding Written by Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv. In 1945, even before the Second World War came to an end, a lay woman and a French bishop organized pilgrimages...
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Six Popes – One Call: Peace
Six Popes – One Call: Peace Written By friar Wayne Hellmann, OFM Conv. “Peace be with you all!” Dear brothers and sisters, these are the first words spoken by the risen Christ. I would like this...
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Ash Wednesday 2026: The Jubilee of St. Francis
Ash Wednesday 2026: The Jubilee of St. Francis Homily by friar Mario Serrano, OFM Conv. If you are still wondering which penitential practices to undertake during Lent, Pope Leo has asked us to...
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