Walls to Protect or Walls to Divide?
Walls to Protect or Walls to Divide? by friar Rijo Mulavarickal Polachan, OFM Conv. I am friar Rijo. I grew up in Kerala, India, and I now serve with the…
Unarmed and Disarming Witnesses
Unarmed and Disarming Witnesses by friar Kole Resler, OFM Conv. I am friar Kole Resler, a novice and still a beginner in Franciscan religious life. The novitiate is a year…
Formed for Peace, Formed for Fraternity
Formed for Peace, Formed for Fraternity by friar Andrew Angatia, OFM Conv. My name is friar Andrew Angatia, OFM Conv., from the Province of St. Francis of Assisi in Kenya.…
A Spirit That Still Speaks
A Spirit That Still Speaks by friar Valentine M. Jankowski, OFM Conv. May the Lord Jesus bless you with his peace. I write from Holy Cross Friary in Mesilla Park,…
Building Bridges Where the World Raises Boundaries
Building Bridges Where the World Raises Boundaries by friar Tumaku Yao Clement, OFM Conv. I am friar Tumaku Yao Clement of the Conventual Franciscans in Ghana, Africa. I was born…
May We All Be Franciscan
May We All Be Franciscan by friar Marcos Quesada Navarro, OFM Conv. I am a Conventual Franciscan friar from Costa Rica and a member of the Custody of Mary, Mother…
Ein Mönch an der Grenze
A Friar on the Border by friar Joseph Bach, OFM Conv. I am a Conventual Franciscan Friar; but not first by habit, not first by title, not first by the…
The Long Loneliness
The Long Loneliness By friar Vincent Petersen, OFM Conv. To champion the cause of justice and peace is to accept a risk the prophets knew well: to be dismissed, avoided,…