2025 Virtual Retreat: “The Canticle and Hope”
Begin 2025 journeying together with your Franciscan sisters and brothers at a unique Franciscan Federation virtual retreat designed to inspire, connect, and transform. Our speaker, Br. Bill Short, will bring his Franciscan wisdom on this special day of reflection and sharing. Together we will discover how events that occurred centuries ago continue to transform us today.
Francis of Assisi has inspired generations of artists, poets, mystics and nature-lovers. He is probably the only Christian saint to be found in local garden shops and hardware stores. What is it about his inclusive vision of all creatures as brothers and sisters that can inspire us today? What clues does he offer that suggest an alternative approach to living in our “Common Home” as Pope Francis has encouraged us to do? Please join us in this celebration of the 800th anniversary of the Canticle along with brothers and sisters from across the country.
All are welcome!
Whether you are interested in joining us as an individual or with a group, register below starting on November 25, 2024.
Registration Cost:
- $20 per person for individual members who are current in their dues
- $80 for members who are current in their dues registering as a group of 5 or more AND logged in from 1 laptop
- $50 per person for individual non-members
To renew your membership OR to become a member and receive the member’s discount please click here and complete your membership renewal/registration PRIOR to registering for this event.
Questions? Please contact the Commission of Member Engagement: memberengagement@franfed.org.
Featured Speaker
William Short, OFM
Brother Bill is a friar of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and professor of Christian Spirituality at the Franciscan School of Theology at the University of San Diego in California. He also serves as director of the Collegium S. Bonaventurae, International Center for Franciscan Studies and Research in Rome. With Regis Armstrong OFM Cap and Wayne Hellmann OFM Conv he is an editor of Francis of Assisi: Early Documents and, with Christopher Stace, of Francis of Assisi: The Conformity. He is also an amateur propagator of Mediterranean plants from various parts of the world.
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