You are invited to A Franciscan Federation Book Discussion Series. Members of the Franciscan Federation will facilitate this unique opportunity for prayer, study, dialogue and discussion on racial injustice. Isabel Wilkerson’s book provides a guide to race and racial brutality in the US, told through the allegory of caste, the latter viewed as the skeleton [...]

A  Franciscan Renaissance: needed, costly and within reach Presentation for the 56th Annual Franciscan Federation Conference (AFC) June 12, 2021 -Brian McLaren You are invited to join in a virtual dialogue on Brian McLaren’s “A Franciscan Renaissance: needed, costly and within reach.” Explore, with other members of the Franciscan community, the inspiration and invitation [...]

The drawing for the Assisi Pilgrimage took place at the Annual Federation Banquet in St. Louis on Sunday, June 23. The winners are: First Place  - Sister Christa Franzer OSF - Two week Pilgrimage to Assisi Second Place - Sister Maria Elena Larrea OSF - Free registration for next year’s conference Third Place - Sister [...]

Franciscan Federation JPIC Resolution For 2019 – 2020 Welcoming The Refugees, Immigrants, Asylum Seekers Statement of Resolution We, the members of the Franciscan Federation, recognize that we live in a nation at a time when refugees, immigrants, and asylum seekers are being turned away from our borders and held in detention centers. We hold our [...]

For Immediate Release: St. Bonaventure’s Franciscan Institute announces 2019-2021 members of Research Advisory Council BONAVENTURE, N.Y., Feb. 1, 2019 — Fr. David Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., executive director of the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University, has announced the 2019-2021 members of the institute’s Research Advisory Council (RAC). The members are Dr. Timothy Johnson, chair, Flagler College; [...]

FEBRUARY 5, 2019                                                             CONTACT:  Pamela Gray Payton                                                 Jesse Betancourt University of San Diego                                     [...]