...for the Poor

Conventuals cry out alongside the marginalized and lepers of society. Francis desired not merely to minister to the poor, but to dwell among them; he didn’t seek simply to serve the outcast, but to become one of them. He called his Order the friars minor: the “lesser brothers.” Friars strive to take up little space in the world, to take the lower place, and to identify with those living on the margins.