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Website title: Secular Franciscan Order – USA – Following Christ in the footsteps of St. Francis
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(This article originally appeared in the TAU-USA Fall 2025 Issue #117)
By Mary Frances Charsky, OFS • International Councilor
Among the many treasures of our Franciscan heritage, few words echo more deeply than the closing line of the Peace Prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi: “It is in giving that we receive.” Thes...
By Christine Blood, OFS
National Councilor, OFS-USA
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Christine Blood, OFS National Councilor
On the night of my Profession, I realized how blessed I was to have had excellent formators, true witnesses of our faith and the Order. They taught me well because I knew that I would forever be more intimately united with t...
Virtue is hard work. Determination and sheer will power are not enough. God’s grace is needed. We seek illumination, a cooperative effort with grace to flow through. We find it, praying as Francis did, for the grace of illumination: “Most high, glorious God, enlighten the darkness of my heart…” And in the Gospel...
Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed January 10, 2026, to January 10, 2027, the Year of St. Francis of Assisi, marking the 800th anniversary of his death. All members of
Franciscan religious orders and the fait...
Let’s slow down. Take a breath. Let’s think about it by ourselves or with others. With fraternity members? A God-reflection, not a strategy. Have a conversation to know the difference between temptation and option. A consideration of who we are as daughters and sons of God. To know who is deciding.