Weekly Franciscan reflections

There is a certain something about saints.

It is important for us to remember that Francis, as a young man, was rather self-centered and arrogant.

When we think of purity, we most often think of it in the sexual realm. In this sense, it is

The word obedience comes from the Latin ob audire, which literally has to do with hearing, or perhaps more correctly,

Thousands of books have been written and thousands of seminars given on the topic of leadership. Many models have been

When Francis was writing the original Rule (there would be a more detailed Rule later, before he died), he wrote,