Feb 20, 2019 | Immigration
February 20, 2019This President’s Day, a broad coalition coordinated rallies and events all over the country in protest of the declaration of a national emergency at the U.S. southern border. 277 events were held in 48 states with at least 50,000...
Feb 15, 2019 | Press Releases
For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 15, 2019Media Contact: Janine WalshFAN Communications Coordinator(203) 685-1856walsh@franciscanaction.org Franciscans Continue to Stand With Our Immigrant Sisters and BrothersThere is no National Emergency at our Southern Border; A Wall...
Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Franciscan Action Network (FAN) is proud to share news of the past year’s successes in our 2018 Annual Report. We encourage all of our Institutional and individual members and other members of the Franciscan family to take a moment to read through it as it...
Feb 13, 2019 | Consistent Ethic of Life
February 13, 2019Call on Faith Leaders to Rescind their Statement of SupportRep. Steve King (R-4th IA) stated, in an interview reported in the New York Times on January 15, “White nationalist, white supremacist, western civilization — how did that language become...
Feb 5, 2019 | Care for Creation
As Franciscans, we consistently examine our relational understanding of creation. Looking to theologians like St. Bonaventure who developed a theological and spiritual vision that acknowledged all creation as emanating from the goodness of God, existing as a...
