Franciscan Action Network Takes the Polar Bear Plunge…from Home!

Jan 14, 2021 | Care for Creation, Issues

St. Bonaventure tells us that to love God, we need to love all that God created. With this in mind, on February 13, 2021 Franciscan Action Network (FAN) again took the #PolarBearChallenge to Keep Winter Cold. This year’s plunge was a bit different as for the...

PRESS RELEASE: Franciscan Action Network Condemns Insurrectionist Interference in Electoral Process and Violence in the Capitol Building

Jan 6, 2021 | FAN, Press Releases

January 6, 2021 WASHINGTON D.C. – Franciscan Action Network utterly condemns today’s insurrectionist interference in our nation’s electoral process. We condemn the violence and lawlessness of rioters’ invasion of the U. S. Capitol and its explicit danger to the...

Franciscan Action Network 2020 Annual Report

Jan 4, 2021 | FAN

The year 2020 brought changes and challenges to everyone and we at Franciscan Action Network are no exception. This Annual Report coincides with the start of our Executive Director, Stephen Schneck, PhD., who began his tenure with us in January, 2020. Steve jumped...

PRESS RELEASE: Franciscan Action Network Condemns the White Supremacist Violence in the Nation’s Capitol

Dec 15, 2020 | FAN, Press Releases

Immediate ReleaseDecember 15, 2020Media Contact:Janine Walsh | walsh@franciscanaction.org Franciscan Action Network Condemns the White Supremacist Violence in the Nation’s Capitol   WASHINGTON D.C. – The Franciscan Action Network condemns the rioting on...

FAN Work Opposing the Death Penalty

Dec 8, 2020 | Consistent Ethic of Life, Human Rights, Issues

Over the last several months, Franciscan Action Network has joined several of our faith partners in speaking out against the federal death penalty, which after 17 years was reinstated this year by Attorney General William Barr.  As Franciscans we work to promote that...