Jessica sends us this note: Service Day at Casa of FMS was a joyful time spent mowing (see Bob in photo), weeding (Barbara, Pat, Anne-Marie, Harold, & me), planting 💐 (Anne-Marie), & checking electronics (Harold) for use/discard, alongside the young … Continue reading
Penance: Key to Secular Franciscan Spirituality
By Robert D. Miller II OFS The 1978 Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order begins with Francis of Assisi’s Exhortation Concerning Those Who Do and Do Not Do Penance. This text, with its graphic description of the fate of those who do … Continue reading
St. Anthony of Nagasaki Fraternity Mourns the Tragic Loss of Ray Engelking
With deep sorrow we share the news of the sudden and tragic death of Ray Engelking, father of Rhett Engelking, OFS on Wednesday February 3rd in Kewaskum, Wisconsin. There will be a Mass said for Mr. Engelking at St. Camillus … Continue reading
Happy International Day of Human Fraternity
February 4, 2021 marked the first International Day of Human Fraternity as declared by the United Nations. The date was chosen to recognize the day in 2019 when Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb signed the … Continue reading
FAMILY REUNIFICATION AT THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER – A Policy Proposal
by Jessica Cabness, PhD January 23, 2021 There are 666 undocumented minor children detained at the U.S. border with Mexico, separated from their parents during the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy meted out to undocumented aliens (Cassady, 11/9/20). Separating children as young … Continue reading