From the heart of the Minister - October 2020 - It must be an Election Year!

Posted By Kate Kleinert, on September 30th, 2020

Remaining Franciscan in an Election Year by Kate Kleinert, OSF

The words are brutal; the attitude – ugly. Accusations are made, Stories, true – half true or completely untrue are repeated and repeated and repeated.

It must be a Presidential election year! What a great time to be Franciscan!!

I first wrote this piece in 2008. I have drug it out and dusted it off every four years since.

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This is not a political blog. I am not here to foist my political views on anyone. I don’t care who you are voting for – that’s your right
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Pope Francis’ Message for World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation 9/1/20

Posted By Kate Kleinert, on September 3rd, 2020

The Holy See MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE CARE OF CREATION 1 SEPTEMBER 2020

“You shall thus hallow the fiftieth year and you shall proclaim a release throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you.” (Lev 25:10)

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Each year, particularly since the publication of the Encyclical Laudato Si’ (LS, 24 may 2015), the first day of September is celebrated by the Christian family as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation and the
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Pope Francis' Message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees 9/27/20

Posted By Kate Kleinert, on September 3rd, 2020

The Holy See MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE 106th WORLD DAY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES 2020 [27 September 2020] Like Jesus Christ, forced to flee. Welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating internally displaced persons

At the beginning of this year, in my Address to the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See, I pointed to the tragedy of internally displaced people as one of the challenges of our contemporary world: “Situations of conflict and humanitarian emergencies, aggravated by climate change, are increasing the numbers of displaced persons and affecting people already
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September 2020 Thoughts for the Day by Father Francis Sariego, OFM Cap

Posted By Kate Kleinert, on September 1st, 2020

September 2020

 

I bend my knee to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

so that, through the prayers and merits of the

holy and glorious Virgin Mary, His Mother,

and of our most blessed father Francis and of all the saints,

the Lord Himself, Who has given a good beginning,

may give increase and may also give final perseverance.

Amen.

(The Testament of St. Clare of Assisi)

 

Daily thoughts from The Sacred Exchange between Saint Francis and Lady Poverty

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Among the other outstanding and exceptional
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Monthly Meditation by Father Francis Sariego, OFM Cap – September 2020

Posted By Kate Kleinert, on September 1st, 2020

St. Katherine Drexel Regional Fraternity

Regional Spiritual Assistant

St. Francis of Assisi Friary

1901 Prior Road

Wilmington, Delaware 19809

tel: (302) 798-1454 fax: (302) 798-3360 regional website: skdsfo email: pppgusa@gmail.com

September 2020

Dear Sisters and Brothers in St. Francis,

The Lord bless you with His peace!

The Fathers of the Church maintained that human beings stand at the point of intersection between two gravitational fields. First, there is the force of gravity which pulls us down – towards selfishness,
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