Franciscan Spirituality

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Alive to the Splendor

Franciscan Media October 8, 2025

Slipping into non-relational thinking is natural and human, since we live in a busy world.

What Is the Secular Franciscan Order?

Pat McCloskey, OFM October 8, 2025

Even though I have long known that there are Franciscan sisters, brothers, and priests, a friend recently told me about a group that is completely new to me: the Secular Franciscan Order.

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‘The Divine Is Superabundant’

Stephen Copeland October 6, 2025

May we seek to adopt an imaginative and prayerful stance toward an abundant reality. May creativity help us to mine that reality and heighten our awareness of grace.

Why Was St. Francis So Devoted to Mary?

Pat McCloskey, OFM October 4, 2025

I have heard that St. Francis of Assisi was very devoted to Mary, the mother of Jesus. Why? Did Francis write about her?

Divine Creativity

Franciscan Media October 3, 2025

Grace is constantly inviting us to enter into an awareness of this flow of divine creativity.

Pope Leo XIV listens during the opening session of an international conference celebrating the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," at the Mariapolis Center in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Oct. 1, 2025. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)

World must come together to fight climate change, Pope Leo says

Catholic News Service October 3, 2025

People of faith cannot love God while despising his creatures, and people cannot call themselves Christians without caring for everything fragile and wounded, including the earth, Pope Leo XIV told climate activists and political and religious leaders.

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The Beauty of Bonaventure

Bruce Epperly October 2, 2025

St. Bonaventure experienced God’s love as revealed in the humility and suffering of Christ, whose cross enables us to experience God’s companionship and the power to change our lives.