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Deposit of Charity

Part Three – The Monte di Pietà or deposit of charity This series is an excerpt from a presentation by Friar Joseph Wood. Part 1 - IntroductionPart 2 - Why Franciscans…

Why do the Franciscans eventually involve themselves in finances? Since the beginning of time, clergy have often been the most educated people in any given society: they advised, advocated, explored,…

Franciscans & Finance – An Introduction

- The following series is an excerpt from a presentation by Friar Joseph Wood - Since, therefore, all things are beautiful and in some way pleasurable, and since beauty and…

Saint Marianne Cope

January 23 is the feast day for Saint Marianne Cope. She is the first Franciscan woman from North America to be canonized and the 11th American to be recognized as…

800th Anniversary for the Canticle of the Creatures

In spring of 1225, soon after his experience at Mount La Verna, St. Francis of Assisi stayed at the Monastery of San Damiano, where St. Clare and the first Poor…

The Power of Silence

Like St. Maximilian Kolbe, Conventual Franciscan Fr. Placido Cortese directed a Catholic publication, in his case the Messenger of Saint Anthony. And, like St. Maximilian, Friar Placido was tortured and killed…