Raise your hand if you would like to have Perfect Joy. (raising mine…) Life gives us opportunities for Perfect Joy almost daily, however these opportunities, or conditions, may not be what we think. Do we recognize them as gifts…opportunities for Perfect Joy? The following is an excerpt from The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi: Once when walking […]
Earth Day 2012: A Franciscan Perspective
April 22, 2012 marks the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day. With support across political, social, and economic differences, the first Earth Day in 1970 led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts. In 1990, Earth Day mobilized 200 million people in 141 […]
Ongoing Conversion
What is Purity of Heart?
The following video explores a conversation between Brother Leo and St. Francis.
Why is the SFO called ‘Secular’?
The early lay followers of St. Francis were probably known as the Order of Penance. That title expressed a conversion of life on the part of its members. Like Francis of Assisi, the members of the Order of Penance tried to carry the spirit of the gospel into their daily lives in the midst of […]