Part Four – Logo & More About the Monte di Pietà This series is an excerpt from a presentation by Friar Joseph Wood. Part 1 – IntroductionPart 2 – Why Franciscans & Finance?Part…
Friar Père Laurent Receveur, 1757 – 1788 Biologist Friar Claude François Joseph Louis “Laurent” Receveur (1757-1788) was born in the village of Noël-Cerneux. After spending several years in the French…
Part Three – The Monte di Pietà or deposit of charity This series is an excerpt from a presentation by Friar Joseph Wood. Part 1 - IntroductionPart 2 - Why Franciscans…
Josephine Bakhita was canonized in 2000. Her feast day is February 8. Here's her story. Josephine Bakhita was born in the Sudan around 1869. Kidnapped by Arab slave traders when…
Why do the Franciscans eventually involve themselves in finances? Since the beginning of time, clergy have often been the most educated people in any given society: they advised, advocated, explored,…