… for Justice – Page 3 – Franciscan Voice

Fourth Station

Jesus Meets His Mother Sister Mother Earth suffers, too Meditation God created the Heavens and the Earth, the cradle for every life form known to us, doing so God made…

Third Station

Jesus Falls the First Time The fallen state of the environment causes people to emigrate Meditation To the weight of the cross, an even heavier burden is added: the powerful…

Second Station

Jesus Takes Up the Cross We take responsibility for our Earth Meditation Just as Jesus embraced his burden, we lift up our burdened world. In 2020, 30.7 million people were…

The Agony in the Garden (Stations of the Cross in Ghana, photo by friar Don Halpin)

First Station

Jesus is Condemned to Death The innocent suffer for the sins of others Meditation We were present in the Creator's mind and heart, even before these ancient soils and waters…

Saint Josephine Bakhita

Josephine Bakhita was born in the Sudan around 1869. Kidnapped by Arab slave traders when she was about seven years old, for many years Josephine was bought and sold, treated…

A Culture of Care in the Amazon: Part Three

Brazil’s Black Awareness Day Highlights Indigenous Peoples Friar Erick G. Marin Carballo OFM Conv. lives with other religious and laity who are part of his itinerant team. Their shared life…