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.
A link to an alphabetical, cross-referenced index of titles appears at the end of this page.
The following is the complete library,
dating back to the program's inception on 4 October 2019.
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FORMATION FRIDAY will become a more accessible and useful resource
for both Initial and Ongoing Formation.
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From 2022 to present, the links open directly to the articles in both English and Spanish.
FORMATION FRIDAY 2025
FORMATION FRIDAY 2024
49. VOCATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, and RELATIONSHIPS: WHAT is VOCATION (PART 1 of 3)
47. ADVENT: WAITING and CONVERSION (PART 3)
46. ADVENT: WAITING and CONVERSION (PART 2)
45. ADVENT: WAITING and CONVERSION (PART 1)
41. SISTER DEATH
36. PREPARING for the FEAST of ST. FRANCIS: HIS PRAYERS and a NOVENA
34. The STIGMATA of ST. FRANCIS: SEPTEMBER 17, 800th ANNIVERSARY
28. The PORZIUNCOLA INDULGENCE 2024
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
47. SECULAR FRANCISCAN RULE: PROLOGUE (PART II)
46. SECULAR FRANCISCAN RULE: PROLOGUE (PART I)
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
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?
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
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
14. GOOD FRIDAY 2023
13. CONVERSION and DISCERNMENT
10. RELATIONSHIPS: I
8. DEFINING PENANCE and CONVERSION
7. ELEMENTS of a PENITENTIAL LIFESTYLE
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
43. SECULAR FRANCISCANS and the EUCHARIST
42. WHEN WE GATHER in CHAPTER (Part 2)
41. WHEN WE GATHER in CHAPTER (Part 1)
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
34. WHAT WE DO
32. QUINQUENNIAL XX
31. ST. CLARE THROUGH the EYES of OTHERS
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
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)
6. ANGELS
5. CHARISM and our IDENTITY as SECULAR FRANCISCANS
3. SCRIPTURE and the SECULAR FRANCISCAN
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
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
29. The ADMONITIONS
28. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS of the OFS RULE
26. CONVERSION and DISCERNMENT
24. The CALL to LOVE
23. FOCUS on the ADMONITIONS: I
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
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
33. TRINITY: 3 in 1
32. The ROSARY and the FRANCISCAN CROWN
31. OFS PRAYER LIFE
30. WHAT are the ADMONITIONS of FRANCIS?
28. PROFESSION GIFTS
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
17. TRUE and PERFECT JOY: FRANCISCANS and SUFFERING
15. WHY DO SECULAR FRANCISCANS WEAR the TAU CROSS?
12. INCARNATIONAL SPIRITUALITY
9. MARY, PROTECTRESS of OUR ORDER
7. CONVERSION
4. The OFS RULE in the TIME of CORONAVIRUS
2. WHEN WE PRAY
1. "PRAY the RULE", by Liam McCarthy, OFM
FORMATION FRIDAY 2019
6. The RULE, CONSTITUTIONS, and STATUTES
5. IMPORTANCE of SCRIPTURE to SECULAR FRANCISCANS
3. SPIRITUALITY: TWO SCHOOLS of THOUGHT
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