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Sister Rosemary Stets, OSF, is a Bernardine Franciscan Sister and author of the book Franciscan Field Guide: People, Places, Practices, and Prayers. She has served on the
Prayer is defined as a lifting of our hearts and minds to God, and contemplation can be considered the highest form of prayer.
The genius of Francis and Clare’s spirituality was their recognition that the Gospels could and should be lived by every person.
Contemplation, conversion, minority, and poverty are essential Franciscan values.
Clare of Assisi, founder of the Poor Clares, helped to start a movement that flourishes to this day.
A conversion point in the life of the young Francis of Assisi was his capture and imprisonment following a battle with rival city Perugia in 1202.
St. Francis looked around at the church and he began to repair the building, stone by stone. Pope Francis understands this metaphor.
