Pope Francis invites your community to join Laudato Si’ Week by taking the next step in your journey toward protecting creation. In the five years since the encyclical was published, thousands of parishes, schools, universities, and religious communities have been illuminated by prayerful action for our common home.
Love others, in both your words and actions online.
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
Reflect, and act, on this prayer daily. May it bring peace to you, your community, and our world. Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there […]
Laudato Si’ (Praise Be) – Pope Francis’ new Encyclical
Pope Francis has officially released his new Encyclical Laudato Si – On Care for Our Common Home. The Encyclical takes its name from the invocation of Saint Francis, “Praise be to you, my Lord”, in his Canticle of the Creatures. It reminds us that the earth, our common home “is like a sister with […]
New St. Francis App
Come and See: Franciscan Spirituality and Share with New App The new St. Francis App was originally released in December of 2013 in Italian, but was just recently updated in English. Developed by the Italian company Matitegiovanotte in collaboration with the Friars Minor of Assisi, the St. Francis App (San Francesco App) is currently available […]