Friars from Five Provinces Celebrate Epiphany at Marytown
Friars from five provinces celebrated Epiphany at Marytown in Libertyville, Illinois: St. Bonaventure, the host
for Community
…for Community
"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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Franciscan Ecology Scheme Part 2
This is part two of an extract from Friar Jonathan Garcia Zenteno’s thesis: “Franciscan Ecology.” (Click
Ordination and Mass of Thanksgiving for Friar Bede Thigpen
We are blessed to have men in formation, preparing for lives of Franciscan service to
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