St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis Lived Honestly
Pat McCloskey, OFM
June 2, 2025
Francis desired to live honestly. If the friars could do without something, then it belonged to a poor person who needed it.
Loving God Means Loving Creation
Carie Moore
May 31, 2025
We must foster a genuine and affectionate connection to our world before we can effect change within it.
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Carlo Acutis: ‘Thy Eternal Summer Shall Not Fade’
Christopher Heffron
May 29, 2025
When I think about Carlo Acutis, like everybody, I think of his youth. And that inevitably makes me think of my own teen years. The summer before my senior year of high school, Pete, a classmate of mine, was killed ...
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Mary Elizabeth Imler, OSF: Scientist, Teacher, Sister
John Stegeman
May 23, 2025
Sister Mary Elizabeth Imler, a Franciscan Sister of the Sacred Heart out of Frankfort, Illinois, came to her vocation through a love of studying and teaching science.
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Lead Like St. Francis
Sara P. Marks
May 22, 2025
When a leader leads as to elevate all their community, a rare thing happens: The leader opens herself or himself up to transformation.
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Foundational Love
Richard Rohr, OFM
May 16, 2025
Great religion seeks utter awareness and full consciousness, so that we can, in fact, receive all. Everything belongs and everything can be received.
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Pope Francis: A Pastor with the Smell of His Sheep