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5th OFS and YouFra Asia-Oceania Congress, Bali
Documents from the 5th OFS and YouFra Asia-Oceania Congress, Bali - 2017 1 SUMMARY OF FORMATION (/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=173216) (/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=173217)2 SUMMARY OF COMMUNICATIONS (/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=173217) (/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=173218)3 SU ..
SAINT FRANCIS, ICON OF JUSTICE, PEACE AND THE INTEGRITY OF CREATION - Monthly Spiritual Message JUNE 2017
The Fifth International Congress of Asia and Oceania: Justice Peace and the Integrity of Creation. THE PROMOTION OF SAINT FRANCIS IS VITAL FOR OUR TIMES SAINT FRANCIS, ICON OF JUSTICE, PEACE AND THE INTEGRITY OF CREATION Let us be clear right from the start: One cannot promo ..
Lady Jacoba dei Settesoli (Part 15) - Monthly Spiritual Message May 2017
We are already aware that Lady Jacoba had two sons Giacomo[1] (#_ftn1) (James) and Giovanni (John). Thomas of Celano, writing The Treatise on the Miracles of Saint Francis between 1250-1252 mentions only Giovanni as swearing that he saw the sacred stigmata of Saint Francis.[2] (#_ftn2) Lady Jaco ..
Lady Jacoba dei Settesoli (Part 14) - Monthly Spiritual Message APRIL 2017
It was only six months after the death of the Saint Francis that Cardinal Hugolino,[1] his friend, was elected Pope on the 19th of March 1227 and took the name Pope Gregory IX. The body of Saint Francis’ had been temporarily laid to rest in the Church of Saint George[1] in Assisi. Brother Elias, ..
Lady Jacoba dei Settesoli (Part 13) - Monthly Spiritual Message MARCH 2017
In the last days of Saint Francis’ life, the arrival of Lady Jacoba dei Settesoli, from Rome was anything but quiet. She arrived at the Portiuncula Friary, “with a very large retinue as befitted such a great lady … there was a very great clamour outside the door, caused by the horses and ..
The Royal Commission - Monthly Spiritual Message FEBRUARY 2017
I am quite well aware that there are some of our Secular Franciscans, who will say that this is not a Spiritual Message and not the place to deal with such matters, but to separate morality from spirituality is to live in a fantasy world. We are asked to live in the real world and are called to ..
Lady Jacoba dei Settesoli (Part 12) - Monthly Spiritual Message DECEMBER 2016
Thomas of Celano tells us in his Treatise on the Miracles[1] the same story as we have heard before, but with his usual flare he gives Lady Jacoba and her son all the respect of their nobility. But he also gives us something new in Number 39 that we certainly do not find in the previous document ..
Lady Jacoba dei Settesoli (Part 11) - Monthly Spiritual Message NOVEMBER 2016
Saint Francis would move from San Damiano to the Episcopal Palace of his friend and spiritual father, Bishop Guido of Assisi. While he is there, both the Bishop and the Mayor of Assisi realise that Saint Francis had only months to live. The situation became charged with emotion; everyone began t ..
Lady Jacoba dei Settesoli (Part 10) - Monthly Spiritual Message OCTOBER 2016
In September of 1224, Saint Francis spent a forty-day fast on Mount La Verna with Br Leo. He was honouring the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Michael the Archangel.[1] There on the mountain of La Verna we are told that he was meditating on the passion of the Lord and this meditation was enhanced ..
Lady Jacoba dei Settesoli (Part 9) - Monthly Spiritual Message SEPTEMBER 2016
Tradition holds that during Saint Dominic’s second visit to Rome, in 1216, he met Francis of Assisi in one of the churches there. Both were negotiating with the Holy See through their mutual patron, Cardinal Hugolino, later Pope Gregory IX, to obtain papal confirmation of their respective orders ..
Prayers of St Maximilian M Kolbe
O God, who have given to the Church and to the world St Maximilian Mary Kolbe, priest and martyr, burning with love for the Immaculate Virgin, totally dedicated to the missionary apostolate and to the heroic service of his neighbour, grant that we, also, to the glory of your name, ..
Prayers of St Clare
Third letter of St Clare of Assisi Place your mind in the mirror of eternity; Place your soul in the splendour of glory; Place your heart in the figure of the divine substance; And, through contemplation, transform your entire being into the image of the Divine One himself, So that you, ..
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- 5th OFS and YouFra Asia-Oceania Congress, Bali
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- Lady Jacoba dei Settesoli (Part 15) - Monthly Spiritual Message May 2017
- Lady Jacoba dei Settesoli (Part 14) - Monthly Spiritual Message APRIL 2017
- Lady Jacoba dei Settesoli (Part 13) - Monthly Spiritual Message MARCH 2017
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If you sometimes feel the need, or an inner urging, to do a little more than just attend Mass and be a good parishioner, please...
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