This month I went on a week long silent retreat with Helen in the Wairarapa. They not only did morning prayer each day but they did evening prayer as well every day. Praying twice a day! Whatever next? As if that wasn’t enough, Helen took me on some expeditions as…
Peace and Good to Each and All. Lenten blessings…. In our proposed revised Statutes, Article V. A. 1.b.ii. reads: “Annual Discernment on Community Life and Witness: At any time, but especially during Lent, members of the Order are asked to prayerfully reflect upon the Life and Witness of our Order.…
A Report to the Minister and Chapter of the Order of Secular Franciscans (OFS), the Third Order, Province of the Americas, Society of St. Francis (TSSF), and the Order of Ecumenical Franciscans (OEF) October 7, 2015 Since its inception in February of 2004, the Joint Committee on Franciscan Unity has…
Better known to us as Br. Coyote, aaawwwoooooo! Words: DEB Committee (Scott Herron, Chelsey Geralda Armstrong, Raymond Pierotti) and Awards Coordinator (Liz Olson). On behalf of the Distinguished Ethnobiologist Award committee and the Society’s Board of Directors, we are honoured to announce Dr. Gary Paul Nabhan as the 2016 Distringuished…
I am being made to do my bit for the care of creation. Reluctantly, I went into Helens garden with her and looked for pest plants and noxious weeds in her native fernery. These had to be dug out. I found some blue morning glory. I thought it was such…
Registration for the annual Chapter/Convocation will be opening for members on Ash Wednesday and for visitors on April 1st. You can learn more about this year’s gathering (May 25-29, 2016) at the Fatima Center in Indianapolis, IN here.
Chapter/Convocation 2016 planning is underway. Registration will be available soon. Please plan to gather with the community from May 25th to May 29th at the Fatima Retreat Center in Indianapolis, IN The Chapter is our annual governance meeting and the Convocation is an opportunity for learning, ongoing formation, and relationship…
The Brothers and Sisters of the Order of Ecumenical Franciscans wish you a Joyful and Blessed Christmas. May your celebration of Incarnation raise your spirits and give you strength for the year ahead! From Catholic Education Resource Center: The story of the origin of the Christmas creche rests with the…
It is Christmas Day this week and I cant wait to see what presents I will get. Helen says not to expect too much because Christmas is not about presents but about celebrating the birth of Jesus. Does that mean Jesus gets all the presents? I hope not, I do…
O woe is me. My trials continue. Helens mother came to stay and she took exception to my good looks so I was banished to Helens bedroom. The down side of that was that I was present at Morning Prayer for a whole week. No way of escape! Not long…