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Category: Saint Francis
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Advent’s Hope
Advent - the hope of all hopes. Our celebration of Christmas should be about the day Earth’s humanity met with…
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800 Years of the Franciscan Third Order 1221-2021
The Absorbeat, a medieval prayer, the words of which are below; was much loved by St Francis; he prayed it…
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Building a Franciscan Library
Books. On going formation can be found in community with others, reading and discussing together, and by reading and reflecting…
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Saint Francis of Assisi
Pope BENEDICT XVI - General Audience Wednesday, 27th January 2010 St Francis Dear Brothers and Sisters, In a recent…
Creation, Franciscan, Saint Francis
A Plastic-Less Lent 2018
14th February 2018 Download the pdf to share with others. Living without throw-away plastic During Lent we reflect upon Christ's…
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GK Chesterton – The Life of St Francis
Gilbert Keith Chesterton [29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936] wrote approximately 80 books, 2000 essays, 200 short stories and…
The Testament of Francis
Testament 1226 Just before Francis died at the age of 44 during the evening of 3rd October 1226, he…
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Filmed in Assisi – All Creatures of Our God & King
This version of All Creatures of Our God and King based on The Canticle of the Creatures, sometimes called The…
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FAQ – OFS
Joining the Secular Franciscan Order Q: When and How did the OFS Begin? A: The Secular Franciscan Order was approved…
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Thomas Celano – First Life of St Francis
by Thomas of Celano The above image is a detail from Benozzo Gozzoli's The Virgin and Child Enthroned among Angels…
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All Sons & Daughters – I Surrender
The music video above by All Sons and Daughters' - "I surrender" above captures some wonderful sights of Assisi and is…
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Brother Francis The Barefoot Saint
The above video is a trailer for the audio drama Brother Francis the Barefoot Saint of Assisi. There are ten…
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Francis Meets Innocent III
"In our obsession of original sin, we too often forget original innocence." During 1209 Francis composed his first Rule that…
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Commitment : The Gospel’s Human Face
Being a Secular Franciscan is about living in the world, not in an enclosed community. We are not isolated from…
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Pantasaph Franciscan Friary
"The Journal" is a series by Shalom World about personal stories of self-discovery and a deeper appreciation of faith. In…