Dante, Saint Francis, and the Franciscans
Dante and the Franciscans, Part Eight Dante probably first encountered the Franciscans while a student
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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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Part of the Gospel Call: Franciscan Hospitality Continues in New Mexico
The Franciscan Friars’ Ministry of Hospitality continues to expand at Holy Cross Retreat Center in
The Divine Comedy – Paradiso
Dante and the Franciscans, Part Seven While the Inferno and Purgatorio were revolutionary in language
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