Saint Maximilian Kolbe
“Life begins to make sense when we recognize and acknowledge God’s infinite goodness and our
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"The Lord gave me some brothers."
–St. Francis of Assisi, Testament
Conventuals speak in the name of something greater than ourselves. We are not a collection of individual voices, but a chorus harmonizing for the advancement of the Kingdom. Francis understood the men who came to follow him as a gift from the Lord; he received and celebrated that gift! The friars’ life in fraternity is the heart of our charism and exists as our primary mission. Community life, in the Franciscan vision, is an end in and of itself.
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St. Clare of Assisi
“They say that we are too poor but can a heart which possesses the infinite
Witnesses of Peace
In August 1991 guerrillas of the Shining Path terrorist group escalated their violence against the
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