FORMATION FRIDAY
is the weekly offering of the NATIONAL FORMATION COMMISSION
designed to be especially useful for the purposes of
Ongoing Formation in your Local Fraternity.
Browse this page to find a wealth of topics;
visit jdpofs.org to access the complete library
dating back to the program's inception on 4 October 2019.
FORMATION FRIDAY 2023
The most recent article appears at the top of the list:
SECULAR FRANCAN RULE: PROLOGUE (PART II)
SECULAR FRANCISCAN RULE: PROLOGUE (PART I)
The OUR FATHER: A SOURCE for DEEPER PRAYER
WORK: JPIC for SECULAR FRANCISCANS
SOME ATTRIBUTES of ST. FRANCIS as seen in HIS WRITINGS
SECULAR FRANCISCAN SERVANT LEADERSHIP
SERVANT LEADER MODELS: FRANCIS and CLARE
SERVANT LEADERSHIP: A PRIVATE TALK WITH MYSELF
NATIONAL CHAPTER of VISITATIONS
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ST. CLARE?
The PORTIUNCULA INDULGENCE (The PARDON of ASSISI)
SECULAR FRANCISCANS and the EUCHARIST
ADMONITION I: THE BODY OF CHRIST
PRAYER of DISCERNMENT: THE PRAYER BEFORE the CRUCIFIX
A SALUTATION of the BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
The PRAISES to be SAID at ALL the HOURS
DEFINING PENANCE and CONVERSION
ELEMENTS of a PENITENTIAL LIFESTYLE
STRENGTHENING and MAINTAINING VOCATIONS
HOW DO WE RECOGNIZE a VOCATION and BRING IT FORTH? II
VOCATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, and RELATIONSHIPS: WHAT IS A VOCATION? : I
FORMATION FRIDAY 2022
The most recent article appears at the top of the list:
ADVENT -- WAITING and CONVERSION: III
ADVENT-- WAITING and CONVERSION: II
ADVENT -- WAITING and CONVERSION: I
LISTEN, DISCERN, and GO FORTH: III
LISTEN, DISCERN, and GO FORTH: II
LISTEN, DISCERN, and GO FORTH: I
ADMONITIONS XXII, XXIII and XXIV
SECULAR FRANCISCANS and the EUCHARIST
WHEN WE GATHER in CHAPTER (Part 2)
WHEN WE GATHER in CHAPTER (Part 1)
OUR CALL AS PRIEST, PROPHET, KING, and OUR RULE
THE SPIRITUAL LIFE of the SECULAR FRANCISCAN
ST. CLARE THROUGH the EYES of OTHERS
RITES of ADMISSION and PROFESSION
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT (Part 5)
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT (Part 4)
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT (Part 3)
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT (Part 2)
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT (Part 1)
The OFS RULE: OFS INSTRUMENT of CONVERSION (Week Six)
The OFS RULE: OFS INSTRUMENT OF CONVERSION (Week Five)
The OFS RULE: OFS INSTRUMENT of CONVERSION (Week Four)
The OFS RULE: OFS INSTRUMENT of CONVERSION (Week Three)
The OFS RULE: OFS INSTRUMENT of CONVERSION (Week Two)
The OFS RULE: OFS INSTRUMENT of CONVERSION (Week One)
CHARISM and our IDENTITY as SECULAR FRANCISCANS
Past Sessions
02/21 - The Conversion Process: Ongoing & Continuous Conversion of the Heart (PDF)
02/28 - The Bedrock of the Secular Franciscan Life is Prayer (PDF)
03/07 - Secular Franciscans are Called to Conversion (PDF)
03/14 - The Holy Spirit is at Work in Us (PDF)
03/21 - Taking Stock #2 - Our Lives of Prayer as Secular Franciscans (PDF)
03/28 - Things to Remember about Profession (PDF)
04/04 - Easter – No Meeting
04/11 - Relationships: Our Rule - Part 1 (PDF)
04/18 - Relationships: Our Rule - Part 2 (PDF)
04/25 - Relationships: Building a Just Society - Part 3 (PDF)
05/02 - Franciscan Spirituality is Incarnational (PDF)
05/09 - The life of the Trinity as presented in the OFS Rule (PDF)
05/16 - The Importance of Formation (Initial and Ongoing) (PDF)
05/23 - What Does Formation Do For Us? (PDF)
05/30 - Spiritual Journal Writing (PDF)
06/06 - Mary Protectress of the Order (PDF)
06/13 - Inst. Laborum Pt.1 Animate and Guide with Servant Leadership (PDF)
06/20 - Secular Franciscans: Who Do We Say We Are [Pt1]? (PDF)
06/27 - No Meeting
07/04 - No Meeting
07/11 - Inst. Laborum Pt. 2 Animate and Guide: Challenges in Fraternal Life (PDF)
07/18 - Baptism and Profession (PDF)
07/25 - Secular Franciscans: Who Do We Say We Are[Pt2}? (PDF)
08/01 - True and Perfect Joy (PDF)
08/08 - Inst. Laborum Pt. 3 Animate and Guide: Formation and Communication (PDF)
08/15 - The TAU Cross (PDF)
08/22 - Our Challenge as Secular Franciscans: Show that Living the Gospel is Possible (PDF)
08/29 - Inst. Laborum Pt. 4 Animate and Guide: Challenges and Questions at Various Levels (PDF)
09/05 - Goals of JPIC (PDF)
09/12 - Core Franciscan Life and Spirituality (PDF)
09/19 - Inst. Laborum Pt. 5 Animate and Guide: Proposal and Suggestions (PDF)
09/26 - When We Pray (PDF)
10/03 - No Session
10/10 - Open Wide Our Hearts (1st Section)
10/17 - Open Wide Our Hearts (2nd Section)
10/24 - Open Wide Our Hearts (3rd Section)
10/31 - Open Wide Our Hearts (4th Section )
11/07 - Challenge as OFS's: Show that Living the Gospel is Possible (PDF)
11/14 - The Call to Love (PDF)
11/21 - The Call to Discipleship (PDF)
11/28 - Conversion and Discernment (PDF)
12/05 - Gospel to Life (PDF)
12/12 - Living the Beatitudes (PDF)
12/19 - St. Francis's Relationship with God (PDF)