(If you missed part one, click here -)(For part two, click here -)Our efforts at the International Franciscan Center for Dialogue have not always born fruit. One cannot really make…
(If you missed part one, click here -) Ten Commandments of Peacemaking In reality, it does sound very typically Franciscan to just “let it happen,” but we do have a…
On January 5, 2024, at the Sanctuary of La Verna, Italy, the opening celebration of the 800th anniversary of the Stigmata of St. Francis (1224-2024) took place on Mount La…
On November 29, 1223, Pope Honorius III confirmed the Rule presented to him by St. Francis. In 2023, 800 years later, we celebrate this confirmation of the Later Rule. Members…
Friar Michael Lasky, General Delegate for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC), shared the following message on the Order's website for the Season of Creation 2023:Pope Francis’ theme for…
On July 10-12, 2023, the third Franciscan Symposium took place at the São Bonaventura Institute (ISB) in Brasilia, Brazil. The event was focused on the Later Rule of St. Francis…