Franciscan Spirit
Living Simply: Clean out Your Home, Mind, and Soul
There is a spiritual dimension to spring cleaning. It has to do not only with cleaning, but also with having fewer things to clean — simplifying our lives so that we aren’t consumed with our stuff or distracted by clutter.
Simple Indoor Exercises
Here are five simple, at-home exercises to keep our hearts and bodies strong.
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Elizabeth Ann Seton: Pioneer Saint of a Young Nation
It was exactly three quarters of the way into the 20th century before the United States could claim its first native-born saint: Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton.
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Franciscan Inspirations: St. Joseph
Next to Mary, the mother of Jesus, there was no one closer to Jesus than Joseph, the spouse of Mary and the carpenter of Nazareth.
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Saint Who? Deicolus of Lure
A Saint for Senior Citizens • ca. 530–January 18, 625 • Memorial: January 18
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Dinnertime with St. Andrew, Fisher of Men
Like his father before him and his grandfather before that, Andrew spent his days in and around the Sea of Galilee.
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St. Anthony of Padua: His Beginnings
Anthony was born in 1195 (13 years after St. Francis) in Lisbon, Portugal, at the mouth of the Tagus River, from which explorers would later sail across the Atlantic.
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