On the Solemnity of the Seraphic Father St. Francis, 2023, Friar Carlos Trovarelli, Minister General, wrote a message to his brothers. ...as we celebrate the eighth centenary of the Later…
As a faith leader, and the director of the Holy Cross Retreat Center near Las Cruces, friar Tom Smith addressed his concern for climate change and how legislation can be…
In recent years, the friars of Our Lady of Consolation Province formed the Franciscan Earth Care and Arts Initiatives. The Earth Care Initiative celebrates the Franciscan tradition of honoring nature…
In his thesis on 'Franciscan Ecology,' Friar Jonathon Gracia Zenteno presents ecological science as a relationship. In part one, we began to share an excerpt from his thesis and the…
In his thesis on 'Franciscan Ecology,' Friar Jonathan Garcia Zenteno presents ecological science as a relationship. "If Franciscan ecology conceives ecological science as relationship and embraces all beings in reality,…
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…