FAN Hosts Art Contest to Celebrate our 10th Anniversary

Dec 6, 2018 | FAN

As part of the celebration of our 10th Anniversary, the Franciscan Action Network (FAN) was inspired to host an art contest. We reached out to Franciscan High Schools and Universities to offer an opportunity for the students to learn more about Saint Francis and Saint...

Environmental Roll Backs of Great Concern to Franciscans

Dec 6, 2018 | Care for Creation

December 6, 2018In March 2012, the Obama administration proposed a rule limiting carbon dioxide emissions from newly built power plants. The restriction required them to include systems to capture the carbon dioxide they produced. The Environmental Protection Agency...

Franciscan Values Guiding FAN

Sep 21, 2018 | FAN, Issues, Resources

At FAN’s founding in 2007, these Franciscan Values were written out to establish guiding principles for our work. FRANCISCAN VALUES GUIDING FAN Developed by Fr. Tom Nairn, OFM Senior Director of Ethics, Catholic Health Association “Most High, all-powerful, good...

Join Us As We Celebrate 10 Years of the Franciscan Action Network

Apr 27, 2018 | Uncategorized

Saint Francis is attributed with saying, “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” How time flies! Ten years ago about 150 Franciscans and Franciscan hearted people gathered in Baltimore for a...

FAN Joins in March for Our Lives Rallies Across the US

Apr 18, 2018 | Issues, Peacemaking

We have heard from many FAN members and friends who attended March for Our Lives Rallies all over the country on Saturday, March 24, 2018. We are proud of the young people whose initiative and voices have grown this movement to address gun violence in our country. The...