PRESS RELEASE: Pandemic No Excuse for Immigration Ban

Apr 21, 2020 | Press Releases

April 21, 2020 Media Contact: Janine Walsh, walsh@franciscanaction.org, 203-685-1856 Pandemic No Excuse for Immigration Ban Franciscan Action Network Calls on Administration to Stop Using the Pandemic as Cover for Shameful Policies Washington, DC – The...

Franciscans Celebrate Caring for Creation

Apr 20, 2020 | Care for Creation, Issues

As followers of the patron saint of ecology, Franciscans are used to gathering at rallys and vigils for the climate, as in the above photo from a Washington Rally in 2017. Due to the coronavirus, this year Franciscans all over the country are virtually marking the...

We need your help

Apr 17, 2020 | FAN

Covid-19 has devastated normalcy and we pray for all the families tragically struck by this disease. Most at risk are those in whom we, as Christians, are called to see the face of God – the homeless, those in poverty, those without healthcare, the discriminated...

Urge your Members of Congress to Oppose EPA Rollbacks

Apr 9, 2020 | Care for Creation, Issues

In a newsletter I receive from the Little Portion Farm (a ministry of the Franciscan Friars Conventual, Our Lady of the Angels Province in Ellicott City, MD) the Farm & Outreach Coordinator, Matt Jones wrote about the coping we are all going through as our society...

Various Opportunities to Participate in Virtual Stations of the Cross

Apr 3, 2020 | Resources

As we enter Holy Week, we recognize that this year will look and feel so very different from the typical celebrations we are accustomed to. While this can be sad, we hope that this humble offering of several opportunities for participation in virtual stations of the...