Franciscan Media

March 17, 2025

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Listening to God with the Ear of the Heart 

March 17, 2025

Being is prayer that helps form the ears of our hearts. Music can take us there.

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Giving Myself as Alms

March 17, 2025
When we think of giving alms for Lent, we generally think of giving money. But giving of ourselves can be another way to share.
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A worker with Jesuit Refugee Service is seen in a 2023 photo offering physical therapy to a woman in Renk, South Sudan, as part of the response to the conflict in Sudan. A pause on U.S. foreign aid is affecting critical programs carried out by nongovernmental organizations like JRS. (OSV News photo/courtesy JRS)

CRS, African women religious describe impact of US foreign aid cuts

March 17, 2025
Women religious from Africa and a representative of Catholic Relief Services, the overseas charitable arm of the Catholic Church in the U.S., grappled with the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid.
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Lent with Padre Pio: Second Monday

March 17, 2025
Throughout his life, every time Padre Pio encountered something challenging, he leaned into God and found a way to reroute it into something good.
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