Franciscan News

[Marauder]

Originally Posted by framasica

Hy! I am from Croatia and right now I am in Chartres, France (for study). In Croatia I am member of FRAMA (Youth which wants to live on exemple of St. Francis) so I want to ask if here exist something similar?
Can you please help me

I will see if I can find anything specific to France. The Franciscan Youth group that is associated with the Secular Franciscan Order is called Franciscan Youth.

The following is the link to the US version of the that organization.

Link

I will keep looking to see if I can find the French equivalent. I am pretty sure there would be some Franciscan youth movement in France.

[Added]From what I can tell the International Franciscan Youth group goes by the abbreviation YouFra. As of right now I have found some links talking about a French group, espeically in regards to meeting a World Youth Day and an international Congress but I haven't found any links or contact information for the group. Maybe that will give you more to search on.

[framasica]

thank You very much!
In Croatia we say - Mir i Dobro (Peace and Good)

[Marauder]

Former Olympian Has No Regrets about Life as Franciscan Sister

Leeds, United Kingdom, Feb 16, 2010 (CNA).- A former U.S. Olympic speed skater is now a Franciscan sister and says she has “no regrets” about her decision to commit to a life of service to God and the poor.

Link

[odopa]

Originally Posted by Marauder

Former Olympian Has No Regrets about Life as Franciscan Sister

Leeds, United Kingdom, Feb 16, 2010 (CNA).- A former U.S. Olympic speed skater is now a Franciscan sister and says she has “no regrets” about her decision to commit to a life of service to God and the poor.

Link

Thanks be to God, here is evidence the Lord is still hard at work calling for harvestors. Today if you hear him, harden not your heart!!

Thanks Marauder.
peace and love
odopa

[Marauder]

President Obama appoints Franciscan friar to bioethics panel

APRIL 12 (Catholic World News) -- President Barack Obama has appointed a Franciscan friar who teaches at the University of Chicago as a member of his Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. An opponent of embryonic stem cell research and human cloning, Brother Daniel P. Sulmasy was influential in persuading the Catholic Health Association that Catholic hospitals could licitly administer the Plan B morning-after pill to rape victims.

Link

Note: I posted the link, but there is no additional information at the link.

[JTheresa]

Originally Posted by Marauder

President Obama appoints Franciscan friar to bioethics panel

APRIL 12 (Catholic World News) -- President Barack Obama has appointed a Franciscan friar who teaches at the University of Chicago as a member of his Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. An opponent of embryonic stem cell research and human cloning, Brother Daniel P. Sulmasy was influential in persuading the Catholic Health Association that Catholic hospitals could licitly administer the Plan B morning-after pill to rape victims.

Link

Note: I posted the link, but there is no additional information at the link.

Thank you for that valuable piece of news. As much as I love hearing that a friar who opposes such big moral issues, was placed in such an influential position, it saddens me to hear his opinion on the Plan-B morning after pill. Especially when he says that it is licit, when it is clearly illicit with Catholic teaching. I'll keep him in my prayers: he is in a heavily pressured position.

[Marauder]

The following post came from the regional vice-minister for SFO of my region. I don't think it is appropriate to post her name on here without her permission but I will put up the contents of her post. It did say "feel free to forward this message to others".

It was titled: Eco-Justice Notes: Unacceptable Risk in the Gulf.

Please forward to members of your fraternities.....In light of the environmental catastrophy that is now worse than any other oil spill in history, I ask that you join me in praying not only for the people who make their living on the Gulf, but for those animals--oysters, shrimp, birds--the plant life and the eco-system that will be forever changed.....

I hope that this will be a wake-up call in some way, but right now I am not exactly sure how.....

much peace,

It also had a link to the following article Unacceptable Risk in the Gulf

Feel free to comment.

[Marauder]

It looks like a Franciscan is among new beatifications:

Nine Beatifications Approved by the Pope

VATICAN CITY, 8 JUN 2010 (VIS) - The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff has announced that the following rites of beatification, approved by the Holy Father, will be held over coming months:
...
- Leopoldo Sanchez Marquez de Alpandeire (ne Francesco), Spanish professed layman of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins, on 12 September, 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, in Granada, Spain.
...

Link

[Marauder]

The feast day of St. Bonaventure is coming up on 7/15. The following made Catholic news sources:

Catholics Prepare for Feast of Great Franciscan Saint


CNA STAFF, (CNA) - This coming Thursday marks the feast day of St. Bonaventure, who is called “The Seraphic Doctor” of the Church. St. Bonaventure is known for his leadership of the Franciscans and his great intellectual contributions to theology and philosophy. St. Bonaventure was born in Bagnorea in Tuscany, Italy. He is widely believed to have been born in the year 1221, although some accounts say 1217.
...

Link

[Marauder]

St. Maximilian Kolbe was the first modern Franciscan Saint I read about. The friary my SFO fraternity meets at, is blessed to have one of the rare 1st class relics of St. Kolbe and a Statue blessed by Pope JPII at the canonization Mass for St. Kolbe.

Feast Of St. Maximilian Kolbe, Martyr Of Auschwitz, To Be Celebrated August 14


CNA STAFF (CNA) -
Saint Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish Franciscan priest, missionary and martyr, will soon be celebrated throughout the Church on his feast day, August 14. The saint died in the concentration camp at Auschwitz, during World War II, and is remembered as a “martyr of charity” for dying in place of another prisoner who had a wife and children. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 10, 1982.

Link

[Marauder]

The following appeared today on the EWTN news feed.

Clare Of Assisi: A Decisive Impulse To Church Renewal


VATICAN CITY (VIS) - Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis during this morning's general audience to St. Clare of Assisi (1193-1253), a contemporary of St. Francis and one of the most beloved saints of the Catholic Church. "Her witness", the Pope said, "shows us how much the Church is indebted to courageous women rich in faith who, like her, were capable of giving a decisive impulse to ecclesial renewal".
...

Link

[Marauder]

Here is a link to the entire text of the Pope's address about St. Clare.

On Clare of Assisi

"The Whole Church Is Indebted to Courageous Women"

VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 15, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave today at the general audience held in Paul VI Hall.

* * *

Dear brothers and sisters,

One of the most beloved saints is without a doubt St. Clare of Assisi, who lived in the 13th century and was a contemporary of St. Francis. Her testimony shows us how the whole Church is indebted to courageous women rich in faith like her, capable of giving decisive impetus to the renewal of the Church.
...

Link

[Marauder]

Franciscan Guradian of the Holy Land Sites Launch New Website

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, March 22 (CNA) - The Franciscans in the Holy Land, who've been charged by the Vatican with preserving Catholic sanctuaries in the area throughout the last 800 years, have launched a new website offering more information about the sacred sites as well as pilgrimages to the region.
...

Link to news article

Link to english version of new site

[Marauder]

Wow, good news about Catholics actually made a mainstream news feed.

MSNBC link

Identical twins Julian and Adrian Riester were born seconds apart 92 years ago. They died hours apart this week.
The Buffalo-born brothers were also brothers in the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor. Professed friars for 65 years, they spent much of that time working together at St. Bonaventure University, doing carpentry work, gardening and driving visitors to and from the airport and around town.
...

[nohamaria]

Originally Posted by Marauder

Franciscan Guradian of the Holy Land Sites Launch New Website



Link to news article

Link to english version of new site

Hope they will keep preserving it for ever.
Because there is a lot of pressure on christians
in the middle east in general and , as result,
a lot of matyrdom. Who is going to help them:jews or muslims.?!...
Let us pray to God to help preserving christianity in
the hole region as well.
Peace and Good.
nohamaria