Jul 9, 2024 | Issues, Peacemaking
On July 17 at 4pm ET / 1pm PT Franciscan Action Network will host a special informational webinar: “Nuclear Weapons: What you don’t know can hurt you.” As Franciscans, we always seek ways to be peacemakers in a troubled world. In this one-hour webinar we will...
Jun 14, 2024 | Care for Creation, Environmental Racism, FJC News, Issues
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering permits that would allow Canadian oil giant Enbridge to build a new 41-mile segment of its Line 5 oil pipeline around and upstream of the Bad River Reservation in northern Wisconsin. The construction project would cross...
Jun 10, 2024 | FJC News, Issues, Peacemaking
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia and associates, including members of the DE Valley Franciscan Justice Circle and FAN staff members (pictured above), joined the 2024 Wear Orange Peace Walk & Block Party organized by the Chester Community Coalition in...
May 20, 2024 | FJC News, Human Rights, Immigration
On the morning of May 2, 2024, the E. Wisconsin Franciscan Justice Circle organized a multi-generational group of 40 people to gather on the sidewalk of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Milwaukee, WI to participate in a weekly witness in support...
