Beyond Tree Planting
At a school in Kenya, Friar Michael Lasky gives an introduction to Franciscan prayer as a means of engaging in JPIC work.

Beyond Tree Planting

A New Vision for JPIC in Kenya JPIC in Kenya is expanding beyond tree planting in schools and parishes to include ministry at a prison with child inmates and visits…

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More About Monte di Pietà

Part Four – Logo & More About the Monte di Pietà This series is an excerpt from a presentation by Friar Joseph Wood. Part 1 – IntroductionPart 2 – Why Franciscans & Finance?Part…

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Friar Laurent Receveur

Friar Père Laurent Receveur, 1757 – 1788 Biologist Friar Claude François Joseph Louis “Laurent” Receveur (1757-1788) was born in the village of Noël-Cerneux. After spending several years in the French…

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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…

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Saint Josephine Bakhita

Josephine Bakhita was canonized in 2000. Her feast day is February 8. Here's her story. Josephine Bakhita was born in the Sudan around 1869. Kidnapped by Arab slave traders when…

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Why Franciscans & Finance?

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,…

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