Francis and Clare

Cross on a mountain with the sunset

Lent with St. Clare: Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday marks a profound moment in Clare’s life. It is on this day that, in the middle of the night and with the help of others, she left behind the life that she had known.
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Cross with a crown of thorns

Lent with St. Clare: Fifth Saturday

For most of us, Francis and Clare are intricately woven together in their desire to bring people to Christ. Many times, one is not mentioned without the other.
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Lent with St. Clare: Ash Wednesday

Today is the start of our Lenten journey. On our foreheads we wear ashes, a sign that we are made of dust and to dust we shall return. Such an outward sign conveys a message that words do not.
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Saint Francis is helped by an angel

The Brief Life of St. Francis

The man who longed to be a knight, a man of war, dies a man of peace, at peace with God, with himself, and with all of creation.
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The Courage to Change: Wisdom from Assisi

Metanoia is a process of change, of deepening conversion. Francis and Clare can be models for us today as we try to live out the Gospel in our own challenging times.
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Fresco of Saint Francis of Assisi

Notes from a Friar: The Core Teachings of St. Francis

The bedrock of St. Francis' ministry is the foundation under which his brothers walk today.
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