Franciscan Spirit

‘We sat for a long time in Santo Stefano, long enough for a concrete sense of the passage of time to dissipate.’

Journeying to holy places, like the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, is as much an inward journey as outward.

‘Every step I took on the pilgrimage seemed to not only bring me closer to Francis and Clare, but also to my mom.’

‘If living with less, even temporarily, helped me to understand the values of St. Francis a bit better, then it's an experience I'm happy to have had.’

With a little creativity, you can find many ways to interweave your life with prayer. Here are 10 suggestions.

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