Register today to join the Sisters and other Franciscans For Earth on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at 6:30 pm Central via Zoom, for a free screening of the film “Food, Inc. 2.” As the name suggests, Magnolia Pictures’ Food, Inc. 2, is the 2024 sequel to the 2008 Oscar®-nominated film… Continue Reading “Food, Inc. 2” Screening
As part of our Working for Environmental Justice project, FAN will send you a monthly update with relevant news and action opportunities to support environmental justice. The Environmental Justice project is co-sponsored by the Franciscan Federation. You can view and subscribe to The Current below. In addition, the second part of… Continue Reading The Current Monthly Update
The Franciscan Federation, Franciscan Action Network, and the Order of Friars Minor Holy Name Province JPIC office are working together to raise awareness about and advocate for environmental justice, focusing on communities of color and low wealth that are disproportionately affected by environmental degradation. We invite you to participate in a… Continue Reading Working for Environmental Justice
Franciscan Action Network, the Franciscan Federation, and the Order of Friars Minor Holy Name Province JPIC office are working together to raise awareness about and advocate for environmental justice, focusing on communities of color and low wealth that are disproportionately affected by environmental degradation. We invite you to participate in a… Continue Reading Environmental Justice Series
As Franciscans, we are called to care for all of God’s wondrous creation. Our Holy Father Pope Francis invites all people of good will to hear the cry of earth and the cry of the poor. On January 18, 2023 from 7pm-9pm Eastern Time / 4pm-6pm Pacific Time, join us… Continue Reading Franciscan Action Network Screening of “The Letter”
The Franciscan Network for Migrants is a network of Franciscan-hearted people, lay and religious, who offer support, humanitarian assistance and welcome to people displaced from their countries of origin. The mission of the Network is to promote and defend the dignity of each person in order to ensure best practices… Continue Reading Call for Action: Franciscan Network for Migrants
Statement of Resolution We, the members of the Franciscan Federation, renounce the egregious sin of environmental racism that exists in the United States and globally. We recognize the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on people of color and are called to work for environmental justice. Rationale Most of us heard… Continue Reading JPIC 2022-2023 Resolution
Statement of Resolution We, the members of the Franciscan Federation, renounce the sin of racism and recognize our complicity. We are deeply troubled by the acts of hate, discrimination, inequity, oppression. We recognize our call to be peacemakers, transforming the difficulties, tragedies and acts of violence into peace. Rationale Saint… Continue Reading JPIC 2021-2022 Resolution
Statement of Resolution We, the members of the Franciscan Federation, recognize our responsibility to hear the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. We recognize our continual need for conversion and to act to heal the world and the people who live in it. Rationale In 1979… Continue Reading JPIC 2020-2021 Resolution
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 national leaders accountable for the reprehensible crime of separating… Continue Reading JPIC 2019-2020 Resolution