Franciscan Saints

Clare’s name means “light.” She is the bright, shining one who reflected God’s love into the world.

The answer God promises to give to you or me will be unique to each of us.

From the depth of St. Francis' relationship with God, he intuited a profound understanding of the human ego.

It is our job to keep the work of the Catholic saints going as heirs to the tradition.

Thomas of Celano, an early friar and author of three hagiographies of Francis, wrote that the saint “burned with a love that came from his whole being for the sacrament of the Lord’s body.”

Francis knew that idolatry was the key sin in the Old Testament.