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10/23/14 eNews Notes

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October 23, 2014. Email To a Friend. Sr Nancy Celaschi, OSF. Pope Francis at Wednesday’s general audience. Click here for current issue. A labor of love. Memories and a sense of place. A labor of love and it shows. Some books are part of our lives, as cherished as old friends. They’re the ones you read over breakfast, carry on the bus or pull out at the end of the day. That’s the kind of kinship Fr. Pat McCloskey. Had in mind when he wrote Peace and Good: Through the Year with Francis of Assisi. Is the w...

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10/30/14 eNews Notes

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October 30, 2014. Click here for current issue. A place of peace. We are counting grave markers, an exercise in patience. Rows look so similar we lose count and start again. Helping with this tedious task is Br. Adam Farkas. Adam acknowledges, as though meeting him on the street. He was a teacher, Adam says, identifying Ermin Schneider. As an occupational inspiration. Obviously, he has heard and remembered stories about these friars. But there is a proprietary air in Adam’s familiarity and recognitio...

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11/20/14 eNews Notes

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November 20, 2014. Click here for current issue. Above, an early class in Lafayette, La. St. Paul’s started the program three weeks ago. Parish is a partner in the war against poverty. When it comes to fighting poverty, No one has all the answers, says Linda Lanclos. Of Lafayette, La. So where do you start? You figure out what is right to do and go in faith and you watch God provide. Each person has a mentor and a budget counselor that walks along with them, says Fr. Robert Seay. Email To a Friend. The f...

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09/18/14 eNews Notes

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September 18, 2014. Michael Perry welcomes visitors with a sweeping gesture. This is where the boss works, he says, indicating the office occupied by his personal assistant, Giovanni Rinaldi. Communications Director. The friary where they are meeting and rooming, IC Province’s Convento San Francesco, is a 15-minute walk from the headquarters of the Order, a complex so vast it’s easy to imagine losing your way and wandering the halls for hours. At home with the Minister General. Email To a Friend. It’s a ...

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12/18/14 eNews Notes

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December 18, 2014. Click here for current issue. Taking one small step for peace. The wisdom of Pope Francis. Museum’s mission is a kinder, gentler world. Email To a Friend. The artifacts of war are guns, swords and cannons. So what are the artifacts of peace? People who have changed the world with non-violent actions, people like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. And yes, St. Francis of Assisi. Top, a young peace activist; above, Jerry Leggett, right, outside the museum with volunteers Barbara Robi...

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May 28, 2015. Click here for current issue. At Friars Club, Junior Dribblers learn that. Junior Dribblers brandish their trophies after the last game of the season at Friars Club. Has wanted to play basketball a long time, since I was little, he says. Six-year-old Shaun is less than 4 feet tall. So by little , he means, since I was 3 or 4. His wish was granted in March when his dad, Shaun Sr. Yells coach Tionna Jordan. You hear the standard cheers Rebound, rebound! Most of the players, bouncing up and do...

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June 18, 2015. Click here for current issue. The world weighs in on the pope’s encyclical. LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore’ ‘Praise be to you, my Lord’. In the. Words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. This sister now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her. Notabl...

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06/20/14 eNews Notes

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June 20, 2014. Click here for current issue. His Air Force family gives Bob Bruno a. Looking around, Fr. Kenan Freson. Says what other civilians are thinking:. I’ve never been in a room with so many generals and colonels, and I probably never will again. Pretty overwhelming but it’s also kind of cool. Email To a Friend. Right, Bob Bruno with Jeff Scheeler and Kenan Freson; left, Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson holds the retirement orders. His Air Force Family. A short course in philosophy. But today is a celeb...

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12/04/14 eNews Notes

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December 4, 2014. Friaries respond to the Chapter challenge to care for creation. Email To a Friend. Click here for current issue. They've seen the lights in Negril. ILLUSTRATION BY GRANNAN DESIGN LTD. What would you do to save the planet? Would you recycle more, drive less, give up bottled water? Asked at Chapter to adopt at least two environmentally friendly practices for the next three. Years, friaries took up the challenge. Here’s how some of them are taking steps to help heal Mother Earth. Install s...

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July 09, 2015. The heart of Texas. The Humanitarian Respite Center. PHOTOS BY DELCIA LOPEZ. Top left, Deb Boyce of Catholic Charities greets immigrants with applause at the Humanitarian Respite Center; above, Fr. Tom Luczak, OFM, at the Center. Top center, Anthony and his mom are refreshed and ready to go; above, the monitoring device worn by immigrants. Email To a Friend. At a Franciscan parish on the border, PHOTOS BY DELCIA LOPEZ. The heart of Texas. One of the greeters. When they come in, the fir...