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Five Truths to Remember as Political Tensions Intensify
Franciscans believe that God’s trajectory in the world is a humble one. God poured God’s very self into the universe, setting it into motion, and also became human through the person of Jesus Christ. So, what are the implications of the humility of God, this incarnational trajectory of the divine, in a world of difference and political tension?

Study & Theology: A Conversation with Garrett Galvin
The following is an excerpt from Franciscan Media’s interview with Garrett Galvin, OFM, the president of the Franciscan School of Theology, for Ep. 7 of our Off the Page Podcast.

The Word Dwells in Creation
As the Word dwells in the human person, so, too, the same Word dwells in creation.

I’d Like to Say: St. Francis Reminds Us of Our Place in Creation
There weren’t ecologists in the Middle Ages, at least by our modern understanding of environmentalism. But St. Francis changed all that with a new vision of creation as a reflection of God’s love and the Incarnation.

Why I Became a Secular Franciscan
St. Francis established three different Orders. The first one is for the friars; the second is for nuns, such as the Poor Clares; and the third is the Secular Franciscan Order.

Serenity of Faith, Tranquility of Soul
Let us pray, let us always pray in the serenity of our faith and with tranquility of soul.