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The passing of Fr. Pierre Viau, OFMCap

5/5/2020

Fr. Pierre was the director of SIAF with which Franciscan Voice Canada has partnered in our collective JPIC work. This is a big loss for SIAF. May he rest eternally with our Lord - FVC

Cher frères Louis et Alix,

Veuillez accepter nos plus sincères condoléances à l'occasion du décès de votre frère, Pierre Viau. Ses nombreuses années de service au sein de la Famille franciscaine, y compris son service en particulier au sein du Service intercommunautaire d'animation franciscaine (SIAF), ont été très appréciées.

Au nom du Conseil national de l'OFS, sachez que vous et vos frères capucins sont dans nos pensées et dans nos prières. Je vous souhaite beaucoup de paix en ce moment.

Doug

Doug Clorey, OFS
Ministre national

Franciscans of Canada Newsletter - Easter 2020

4/15/2020

A Word from the Provincial Minister

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

HAPPY EASTER!

May our hearts be in celebration on this Easter day, for Christ has risen! At the heart of the Covid-19 pandemic that is costing the lives of so many women and men across the globe—and forcing billions of people to confinement—let us take a moment to stop and contemplate the face of Jesus. May his light restore our confidence and bring us healing!

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Fire Brigade Friars Serving During the Epidemic: An Interview

4/2/2020

We (Author) are meeting with some friars from Niepokalanów who make up a unit of the Volunteer Fire Brigade. The unit is headquartered at the Niepokalanów Friary and is manned entirely by friars. It was founded while St. Maximilian was still alive and it is...

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Fraternitas - International OFM Newsletter - March

3/2/2020

Groups of young Franciscans address global issues
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From the No Harm to Creation SubCommittee - No Harm to Creation

1/7/2020

As we move into the New Year, are we the same old people or are we really open to undertaking changes that can make a difference in our world?

In his encyclical Laudato Si, Pope Francis states, "Many things have to change course, but it is we

human beings above all who need change" (202). He also states: "The issue of environmental degradation challenges us to examine our lifestyle" (206).

The call here is for us to make real changes in how we live, no matter how small. We have grown in awareness and have taken steps personally and communally but can we go deeper.

What changes can you still make....eliminating single use plastic water bottles, eliminating styrofoam, recycling, using greener cleaning products, adjusting food habits, spreading the word about the need to care for the earth, engaging in political advocacy...
Consider our Franciscan call to live in relationship with all of creation.
Read Chapter 6 of Laudato Si, On Care for Our Common Home.

Watch a two-part video on Chapter 6 by Fr. Daniel Horan, OFM, by clicking here.
To learn some suggested actions, click here.

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CONTACT - October - December 2019

1/3/2020

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"The Word was made flesh"

12/27/2019

MERRY CHRISTMAS!“… Only those who are steeped in the logic of God’s ‘Incarnational’ love will be able to reach out to those otherwise discounted and excluded: migrants and refugees; those who profess other religious ideas and practices; those who we are told are our ‘enemies’ when, in the logic of God’s Incarnation, they are our brothers and sisters; a wounded creation, exhausted and under threat from unbridled and immoral exploitation…”
Br. Michael Perry, OFM
Christmas 2019 Message to the Order from the Minister General

CONTACT - July - September 2019

10/17/2019

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Sister Alison McCrary - from Lawyer to Nun

9/26/2019

For Sister Alison McCrary, a community lawyer and activist in New Orleans, joining a religious order was an act of resistance: "The world needs more prophetic voices, and making vows of poverty, celibacy, and obedience in a society that values power, money, and sex is a radical thing to do."
Sister Alison gives us a tour of the Treme, the historically black neighborhood where she ministers, and explains how her vows help her serve her community.

  See their full newsletter here.   - from Our Lady of Hope Province

In March 2018, IPBES launched four Assessment Reports on #biodiversity and #EcosystemServices - one each for #Africa, the #Americas, #AsiaPacific and #Europe and #Central Asia. Together they are the most important expert contribution of the past decade to the state of knowledge about nature and nature's contributions to people.   See the video

Fraternitas 08-09.2019 (No. 269)

8/3/2019

SPEAKING UP FOR THE VOICELESS IN OUR WORLD
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