… for the Poor – Page 17 – Franciscan Voice

Concerning Fasting

that Pleases God, from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah 58:1-12 St. Francis of Assisi used to say that “the deed you do may be the only sermon some persons will…

This Lent…Seek the Poor…find Christ

Lent is a special season of preparation, a sign of how “creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God." Just as the Son of God…

The Source of Joy

“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete”John 15:11 Most Christians are familiar with the fruits of the Holy…

A Banquet for the Poor

At the St. Thomas of Canterbury Church in ‘Uptown’ Chicago, a parish and ministry site of the St. Bonaventure Province of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, we offer a…

Serving the Poor is Proclaiming the Gospel

The King will reply, “truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me” (Matthew 25:40). First of…