For I was Hungry
In 2018, Friar Juan Zuniga Lopez was completing theological studies in San Antonio, Texas, when he met Fr. Phil Ley and was introduced to Posada Guadalupe. Friar Juan shares his…
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For I was Hungry
United in Prayer for the Ukraine
Conventual Franciscan Federations United in Prayer The General Delegate for Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC), Friar Michael J. Lasky, invites all of the Conventual Franciscan Federations to pray…
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United in Prayer for the Ukraine
Dante holding his Divine Comedy flanked by Petrarch and Giotto. From a fresco by Benozzo Gozzoli (1452) located in the apse of the Church of San Francesco in Montefalco, Italy
Dante and the Franciscans – Part Ten
Beginning with the Florentine Friar Accursio Bonfantini, who in 1318 held a public reading of the Divine Comedy in the Cathedral of Florence for the city’s ruling lords, several Franciscans contributed to…
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Dante and the Franciscans – Part Ten
(Detail of painting by El Greco, 1580)
A Lenten Meditation
Our Seraphic Father, St. Francis, meditated a great deal on Our Lord’s Passion, as we read in the Franciscan Sources. In a previous post we read about the Holy Wounds…
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A Lenten Meditation
Pray and Fast for Peace
Pope Francis asks people across the world to pray and fast today, Ash Wednesday, in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. From friar Antonio Moualeu's 2021 Ash Wednesday reflection:Just as…
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Pray and Fast for Peace
Dante and the Franciscans, Part Nine
According to tradition, Dante died on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross in 1321. His body was carried by Ravenna’s most illustrious citizens “to the dwelling place of…
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Dante and the Franciscans, Part Nine
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