It is always good and profitable to recall the wisdom of our forefathers. Our parents’ generation and older had sayings, pearls of wisdom, that helped us to do the right…
In our friary in Legnica, Poland, from August 7 to 18, the Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) offices of both the Conventual Franciscan Order and the Capuchin Franciscans…
(Click here to read Part One)The desert is not an easy place to live in. There’s a lot more to it than a first look provides. Dropping into a canyon,…
Remember those who died on September 11, but continue to work and pray for peace. Last year, monuments created with steel from the Twin Towers destroyed on September 11, 2001,…
(If you missed the first part of this two-part post, click here.)As friars, we are brothers to one another. We are brothers to ALL of God’s children, our sisters and…
He is my brother. She is my sister. I am their brother. Francis of Assisi’s Rule of 1223 defines the life of the lesser brothers as “to live the Gospel…