… for Creation – Franciscan Voice

The Good Shepherd

For the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Bishop John Stowe OFM Conv. preached on the image of the Good Shepherd and how it relates to the current climate crisis. I think…

Celebrating Blessed Giles at Little Portion Farm

Each spring, Little Portion Farm (located in Ellicott City, MD) hosts a celebration around the time of the Feast Day of Blessed Giles of Assisi on April 23. This year’s…

The Labyrinth in the Desert Garden out back

A poem written and read by friar Cristofer Fernández OFM Conv. (Thank you to Fr. Tom Smith OFM Conv. for walking the labyrinth at Holy Cross Retreat Center in Mesilla…

St. Bonaventure (Painting by Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1620)

Saint Bonaventure – A Voice Still Relevant Today

This year is the 750th anniversary of the death of the Seraphic Doctor (d. July 15, 1274). On February 2, 2024, the Ministers General of the First Order and the…

Franciscan Ecology Scheme Part 2

This is part two of an extract from Friar Jonathan Garcia Zenteno's thesis: "Franciscan Ecology." (Click here to read Part One.)To maintain an orderly classification of the ecologies that present us…

Franciscan Ecology Scheme – Part 1

Extract from the Philosophical Thesis “Franciscan Ecology”, Chapter I, Section 5, pp. 36-37. By Friar Jonathan García Zenteno, OFM Conv.In our knowledge schemes, there are various types of ecology, and…