Proclaiming the Beautiful
Franciscan Artists Ministry Then & Now Being Franciscan seems to open the eyes to the
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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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A Mystical Journey
The remains of the body of St. Francis remain available for veneration in the lower
Prayer for Peace in Every Land
In these difficult days around the world, many communities are suffering from war, displacement, hunger,
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