… for Justice – Page 8 – Franciscan Voice

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…

Epiphany

During friar Tom Smith's prayer time one morning last week, he began reflecting on the feast of Epiphany and the experience of some recent immigrants who arrived at Holy Cross…

Holy Cross Retreat Center (HCRC) near Las Cruces, New Mexico, partners with the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS) to assist refugees seeking asylum. They've helped settle refugees from Afghanistan,…