Franciscan Spirituality
Follow Your Conscience
Conscience: “. . . a judgment of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act that he is going to perform, is in the process of performing, or has already completed. In all he says and does, man is obliged to follow faithfully what he knows to be just and right.”
—Catechism of the Catholic Church
Love Letters From God
Viewing Scripture as “love letters from God” causes us to pause and reconsider the significance of the Bible in our personal and communal lives of faith.
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St. Francis and the Taming of the Wolf
This beloved story of Francis and the wolf has a lot to teach us about peacemaking in our own times.
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Will I See My Pet in Heaven?
The creation story of Genesis suggests that God’s care and love extend to all creatures.
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St. Maximilian Kolbe: Franciscan Martyr
On July 30, 1941, a prisoner escaped from Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi camp in Poland...
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St. Maximilian Kolbe: A Life of Heroic Love
Pope John Paul II canonized Conventual Franciscan Father Maximilian Kolbe in Rome on October 10, 1982.
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Jesus’ Forgotten Commandment: Forgive Yourself