The Chapel of the Stigmata is perched on the edge of the same sheer precipice where St. Francis stood two years before his death and where he was swept up into the mystery of God’s overwhelming love for him and for humanity. St. Bonaventure, in his Life of St. Francis, describes Francis as being more […]
Happy feast of St. Clare
Last year, throughout the world in 2012, the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Poor Clares was celebrated. The simple life of St. Clare, who lived in a small place outside Assisi’s medieval walls, still speaks to us. Why? Her spiritual quest resonates with our yearnings to live authentically from the fire of love […]
Happy feast of the Portiuncula.
The feast day of the Portiuncula is today! In this video, Father Michael Cusato addresses two questions: what is the Portiuncula and why do we celebrate this feast day?
Just Peacemaking
The challenge and promise of nonviolence is embodied and entrusted with the peacemakers of the planet. Will you be a peacemaker? Incarnation’s Just Peacemaking group will meet weekly on Wednesdays starting September 11. *Meeting dates: September 11, 18, 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; November 6, 13, 20; December 4 To learn more or to […]
Pope Francis’ challenge to Franciscans
In this video from Catholic News Service, Franciscan Father Michael Perry, the new minister general of the Friars Minor, talks about how Pope Francis challenges Franciscans to live out the Gospel.