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FORMATION FRIDAY 2025

21. The FRUITS of the HOLY SPIRIT and OUR RULE

20. The SEVEN GIFTS of the HOLY SPIRIT

19. The LITTLE FLOWERS of ST. FRANCIS

18. The CORE of FRANCISCAN LIFE and SPIRITUALITY

17. A SALUTATION of the BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

16. MARY, PROTECTRESS of the ORDER

15. PRAISES of GOD

14. GOOD FRIDAY: EXAMINATION of CONSCIENCE

13. CONVERSION: PENITENTIAL LIFESTYLE

12. TRUE and PERFECT JOY

11. ADMONITION X

10. COMMUNION (FRATERNITY) and MISSION (APOSTOLATE) in the

VATICAN II DOCUMENTS: LUMEN GENTIUM AND GAUDIUM ET SPES: PART 2

9. COMMUNION (FRATERNITY) and MISSION (APOSTOLATE) in the

VATICAN II DOCUMENTS: LUMEN GENTIUM AND GAUDIUM ET SPES: PART 1

8 RELATIONSHIPS: PART 3, FRATERNITY as UNIVERSAL KINSHIP

7. RELATIONSHIPS: PART 2, RELATIONSHIPS in FRATERNITY

6. RELATIONSHIPS: PART 1, The HOLY TRINITY as OUR MODEL in RELATIONSHIPS

5. COMMUNICATIONS: PART 2

4. COMMUNICATIONS: PART 1

3. VOCATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, and RELATIONSHIPS: HOW DO WE STRENGTHEN and MAINTAIN our VOCATION

2. VOCATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, and RELATIONSHIPS: HOW DO WE RECOGNIZE a

VOCATION and CALL IT FORTH? (PART 2 of 3)

1. VOCATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, and RELATIONSHIPS: WHAT is VOCATION? (PART 1 of 3)

FORMATION FRIDAY 2024

48. EXAMINE YOUR COMMITMENT

47. ADVENT: WAITING and CONVERSION (PART 3)

46. ADVENT: WAITING and CONVERSION (PART 2)

45. ADVENT: WAITING and CONVERSION (PART 1)

44. CONSTITUTION FAQ: XIII

43. CONSTITUTION FAQ: XII

42. CONSTITUTION FAQ: XI

41. SISTER DEATH

40. CONSTITUTION FAQ: X

39. CONSTITUTION FAQ: IX

38. CONSTITUTION FAQ: VIII

37. The CANTICLE of CREATURES

36. PREPARING for the FEAST of ST. FRANCIS: HIS PRAYERS and a NOVENA

35. CONSTITUTION FAQ: VII

34. The STIGMATA of ST. FRANCIS: SEPTEMBER 17, 800th ANNIVERSARY

33. CONSTITUTION FAQ: VI

32. CONSTITUTION FAQ: V

31. CONSTITUTION FAQ: IIII

30. CONSTITUTION FAQ: III

29. CONSTITUTION FAQ: II

28. The PORZIUNCOLA INDULGENCE 2024

27. CONSTITUTION FAQ: I

26. SECULAR FRANCISCANS and the EUCHARIST: II

25. ST. FRANCIS and the EUCHARIST: The NATIONAL EUCHARISTIC REVIVAL

24. ADMONITION #1: The BODY of CHRIST

23. LIVING the BEATITUDES: MATTHEW 5: 3-12

22. DOCUMENTS of the SECULAR FRANCISCAN ORDER

21. ANGELS

20. "FROM GOSPEL to LIFE": The OFS RULE, CHAPTER 3, ARTICLES 25 and 26

19. "FROM GOSPEL to LIFE": The OFS RULE, CHAPTER 3, ARTICLES 23 and 24

18. "FROM GOSPEL to LIFE": The OFS RULE, CHAPTER 3, ARTICLES 21 and 22

17. "FROM GOSPEL to LIFE": The OFS RULE, CHAPTER 3

16. JUSTICE, PEACE, and INTEGRITY of CREATION: III

15. JUSTICE, PEACE, and INTEGRITY of CREATION: II

14. JUSTICE, PEACE and INTEGRITY of CREATION: I

13. "FROM GOSPEL to LIFE": The OFS RULE, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLES 18 AND 19

12. CLARE GAZING

11. "FROM GOSPEL to LIFE": The OFS RULE, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLES 15, 16, and 17

10. "FROM GOSPEL to LIFE": The OFS RULE, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLES 12, 13, and 14

9. "FROM GOSPEL to LIFE": The OFS RULE, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLES 10 and 11

8. CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING and the OFS RULE

7. "FROM GOSPEL to LIFE": The OFS RULE, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLES 8 and 9

6. "FROM GOSPEL to LIFE": The OFS RULE, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLES 6 and 7

5. "FROM GOSPEL to LIFE": The OFS RULE, CHAPTER 1, ARTICLES 4 and 5

4. The RULE: The CONVERSION PROCESS: ONGOING CONVERSION of the HEART

3. "FROM GOSPEL to LIFE": The OFS RULE, CHAPTER 1, ARTICLES 1 - 3

2. The 800th ANNIVERSARY of the STIGMATA

1. TAKING STOCK 2024: OUR LIVES of PRAYER as SECULAR FRANCISCANS

FORMATION FRIDAY 2023

52. 2024: TIME to EXAMINE YOUR LOVE and COMMITTMENT

51. The 800th ANNIVERSARY of the CHRISTMAS at GRECCIO and the Newly Granted PLENARY INDULGENCE

50. The "O" ANTIPHONS and THE PRAISES OF GOD

49. ADVENT MEDITATIONS

48. 1223 GRECCIO EVENT

47. SECULAR FRANCISCAN RULE: PROLOGUE (PART II)

46. SECULAR FRANCISCAN RULE: PROLOGUE (PART I)

45. OFS HISTORY in the USA

44. SISTER DEATH

43. THEMATIC GUIDE for FORMATON PROGRAMS

42. The OUR FATHER: A SOURCE for DEEPER PRAYER

41. WORK: JPIC for SECULAR FRANCISCANS

40. SOME ATTRIBUTES of ST. FRANCIS as seen in HIS WRITINGS

39. The CANTICLE of CREATURES

38. SECULAR FRANCISCAN SERVANT LEADERSHIP

37. The STIGMATA of ST. FRANCIS

36. SERVANT LEADER MODELS: FRANCIS and CLARE

35. SERVANT LEADERSHIP: A PRIVATE TALK with MYSELF

34. INDULGENCES

33. NATIONAL CHAPTER of VISITATIONS

32. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ST. CLARE?

31. The CANTICLE of ZECHARIAH

30. The PORTIUNCULA INDULGENCE (The PARDON of ASSISI)

29. SECULAR FRANCISCANS and the EUCHARIST

28. ST. FRANCIS and the EUCHARIST

27. ADMONITION I: THE BODY OF CHRIST

26. JPIC and FAMILY (Part II)

25. JPIC and FAMILY (Part I)

24. PEACEMAKING

23. WELCOMING

22. PRAYER of DISCERNMENT: The PRAYER BEFORE the CRUCIFIX

21. A LETTER to the ENTIRE ORDER

20. INSPIRED by ST. CLARE . . .

19. A SALUTATION of the VIRTUES

18. A SALUTATION of the BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

17. The PRAISES to be SAID at ALL the HOURS

16. A BLESSING for BR. LEO

15. OFS RULE RELATIONSHIPS

14. GOOD FRIDAY 2023

13. CONVERSION and DISCERNMENT

12. RELATIONSHIPS: III

11. RELATIONSHIPS: II

10. RELATIONSHIPS: I

9. COMMUNICATION: II

8. DEFINING PENANCE and CONVERSION

7. ELEMENTS of a PENITENTIAL LIFESTYLE

6. COMMUNICATION: I

5. STRENGTHENING and MAINTAINING VOCATIONS

4. HOW DO WE RECOGNIZE a VOCATION and BRING IT FORTH? II

3. VOCATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, and RELATIONSHIPS: WHAT IS A VOCATION? : I

2. CAREFUL READING of the GOSPEL

1. EXAMEN: II

FORMATION FRIDAY 2022

53. EXAMEN: I

52. GRECCIO: The CHRISTMAS CRIB

51. ADVENT -- WAITING and CONVERSION: III

50. ADVENT-- WAITING and CONVERSION: II

49. ADVENT -- WAITING and CONVERSION: I

48. LISTEN, DISCERN, and GO FORTH: III

47. LISTEN, DISCERN, and GO FORTH: II

46. LISTEN, DISCERN, and GO FORTH: I

45. ADMONITIONS XXIII, XXIV, and XXV

44. ADMONITIONS XX and XXI

43. SECULAR FRANCISCANS and the EUCHARIST

42. WHEN WE GATHER in CHAPTER (Part 2)

41. WHEN WE GATHER in CHAPTER (Part 1)

40. The CANTICLE of CREATURES

39. OUR CALL as PRIEST, PROPHET, KING, and OUR RULE

38. The STIGMATA of ST. FRANCIS

37. DISCERNMENT BEFORE ELECTIONS

36. The SPIRITUAL LIFE of the SECULAR FRANCISCAN

35. ONGOING FORMATION

34. WHAT WE DO

33. ADMONITIONS XIX and XXIII

32. QUINQUENNIAL XX

31. ST. CLARE THROUGH the EYES of OTHERS

30. The PARDON OF ASSISI

29. The TAU CROSS

28. STEALTH EVANGELIZERS (Part 2)

27. STEALTH EVANGELIZER (Part 1)

26. RITES of ADMISSION and PROFESSION

25. The ADMONITIONS XIV and XVI

24. DOCUMENTS of the OFS

23. FRANCISCANS and THE TRINITY

22. The FRUITS of the SPIRIT EXEMPLIFIED in OUR RULE

21. WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT (Part 5)

20. WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT (Part 4)

19. WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT (Part 3)

18. WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT (Part 2)

17. WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT (Part 1)

16. PRAISES of GOD

15. GOOD FRIDAY

14. The OFS RULE: OFS INSTRUMENT of CONVERSION (Week Six)

13. The OFS RULE: OFS INSTRUMENT OF CONVERSION (Week Five)

12. The OFS RULE: OFS INSTRUMENT of CONVERSION (Week Four)

11. The OFS RULE: OFS INSTRUMENT of CONVERSION (Week Three)

10. The OFS RULE: OFS INSTRUMENT of CONVERSION (Week Two)

9. The OFS RULE: OFS INSTRUMENT of CONVERSION (Week One)

8. PENANCE and CONVERSION

7. FOCUS on ADMONITION X

6. ANGELS

5. CHARISM and our IDENTITY as SECULAR FRANCISCANS

4. ADMONITIONS VII AND VIII

3. SCRIPTURE and the SECULAR FRANCISCAN

2. DISCERNING a VOCATION

1. FRUITS of the HOLY SPIRIT and OUR RULE

FORMATION FRIDAY 2021

53. PRAISE the LORD for OUR BLESSINGS

52. INCARNATION and HUMILITY of GOD

51. The STUDY of FRANCIS' PRAYER to the CRUCIFIX of SAN DAMIANO: PART III

50. ADVENT and the PRAYER of ST. FRANCIS

49. ADVENT: WAITING and CONVERSION

48. ST. FRANCIS and the EUCHARIST: The CROSS and the CRIB, PART III

47. ST. FRANCIS and the EUCHARIST: The CROSS and the CRIB, PART II

46. ST. FRANCIS and the EUCHARIST: The CROSS and the CRIB, PART I

45. FOCUS on the ADMONITIONS: XIII and XXVII

44. OUR IDENTITY as SECULAR FRANCISCANS (PART 3)

43. OUR IDENTITY as SECULAR FRANCISCANS (PART 2)

42. OUR IDENTITY as SECULAR FRANCISCANS (PART 1)

41. CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING from ST. FRANCIS to the SECULAR FRANCISCAN RULE

40. The CANTICLE of CREATURES

39. PREPARING for the FEAST of ST. FRANCIS: HIS PRAYERS and NOVENA

38. The STIGMATA of ST. FRANCIS

37. LITURGICAL PRAYERS for SECULAR FRANCISCANS

36. FOCUS on the ADMONITIONS: II and III

35. FRANCISCAN SPIRITUALITY in 7 STEPS

34. PROFESSION BEFORE the RITE (PART 2)

33. BEFORE COMMITMENT to the GOSPEL WAY of LIFE

32. INTRODUCTION to the EARLY DOCUMENTS of CLARE of ASSISI

31. The PARDON of ASSISI

30. GOING from GOSPEL to LIFE

29. The ADMONITIONS

28. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS of the OFS RULE

27. LIVING the BEATITUDES

26. CONVERSION and DISCERNMENT

25. The CALL to DISCIPLESHIP

24. The CALL to LOVE

23. FOCUS on the ADMONITIONS: I

22. The TRINITY and the OFS

21. LISTENING to GOD

20. FORMATORS

19. FAMILY STORIES

18. WHO DO WE SAY WE ARE? PART 2 of UNDERSTANDING OUR RULE

17. PART I of UNDERSTANDING OUR RULE

16. The OUR FATHER

15. ENCOUNTERING JESUS in the GOSPEL

14. GOOD FRIDAY 2021: CLARE GAZING

13. The VALUE of PRAYER and CONTEMPLATION

12. ST. FRANCIS' RELATIONSHIP with GOD

11. INSTRUMENTUM LABORIS: PART 5

10. INSTRUMENTUM LABORIS: PART 4, PART 3 (continued)

9. INSTRUMENTUM LABORIS: PART 3

8. INSTRUMENTUM LABORIS: PART 2

7. PREPARING for the 2021 GENERAL CHAPTER

6. ONGOING CONVERSION

5. JOURNALING

4. LITANY and EXAMINATION of CONSCIENCE: PART 2

3. LITANY and EXAMINATION of CONSCIENCE

2. PRAYER LIFE: ST. BONAVENTURE ADDRESSES the POOR CLARE NUNS

1. STRENGTHENING FRATERNITY LIFE

FORMATION FRIDAY 2020

38. FRANCIS' DEVOTION to the INCARNATION and the HUMILITY of GOD

37. “O” ANTIPHONS and the PRAISES of GOD

36. FOCUS on the ADMONITIONS: IV, VI, and IX

35. ADVENT ACTIVITIES

34. FORMATION PROCESS

33. TRINITY: 3 in 1

32. The ROSARY and the FRANCISCAN CROWN

31. OFS PRAYER LIFE

30. WHAT are the ADMONITIONS of FRANCIS?

29. The LITTLE FLOWERS

28. PROFESSION GIFTS

27. LIFE and SPIRITUALITY

26. The STIGMATA of ST. FRANCIS

25. JPIC GOALS

24. The SEVEN CROSSES of ST. FRANCIS

23. WHAT DOES FORMATION DO for US?

22. INITIAL and ONGOING FORMATION

21. COMMITMENT and the VALUE of PROFESSION

20. THINGS to REMEMBER ABOUT PROFESSION

19. PEACE PRAYER

18. CALL to CONVERSION

17. TRUE and PERFECT JOY: FRANCISCANS and SUFFERING

16. BAPTISM and PROFESSION

15. WHY DO SECULAR FRANCISCANS WEAR the TAU CROSS?

14. BUILDING a JUST SOCIETY

13. COME HOLY SPIRIT!

12. INCARNATIONAL SPIRITUALITY

11. OUR CHALLENGE TODAY

10. PRAYER is FUNDAMENTAL

9. MARY, PROTECTRESS of OUR ORDER

8. PROLOGUE of OUR RULE

7. CONVERSION

6. The CROSS of SAN DAMIANO

5. ONGOING FORMATION

4. The OFS RULE in the TIME of CORONAVIRUS

3. RESPECTFUL COMMUNICATION

2. WHEN WE PRAY

1. "PRAY the RULE", by Liam McCarthy, OFM

FORMATION FRIDAY 2019

8. LITURGICAL PRAYER

7. MARY, OUR MOTHER

6. The RULE, CONSTITUTIONS, and STATUTES

5. IMPORTANCE of SCRIPTURE to SECULAR FRANCISCANS

4. FRANCISCAN SPIRITUALITY

3. SPIRITUALITY: TWO SCHOOLS of THOUGHT

2. The BEATITUDES

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1. FORMATION FRIDAY

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