Mar 9, 2020 | Care for Creation
As Franciscans, we hold a special place in our heart for our Mother Earth. We see our God reflected in her beauty and remember the necessity of a balanced ecology. This year we join in celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and the 5th anniversary of Laudato...
Feb 4, 2020 | Care for Creation, Uncategorized
January 25, 2020 saw crowds of enthusiastic plungers gathered at the National Harbor outside of Washington, D.C. for the 15th annual Polar Bear Plunge to #KeepWinterCold and Franciscan Action Network was there! FAN’s Plunge team this year was: our new Executive...
Oct 25, 2019 | Care for Creation
Inspired by youth activists as well as Reverend Barber’s Moral Mondays and Randall Robinson’s often daily anti-apartheid protests, actress and activist Jane Fonda has moved to Washington, D.C. and instituted weekly demonstrations she calls Fire Drill Fridays at the US...
Oct 23, 2019 | Care for Creation
The Franciscan Action Network (FAN) holds at its core a deep care for creation which stems from our patron, St. Francis of Assisi. FAN sees the interconnectedness of all creation and the common origin of humanity as rooted in God’s loving design for the earth and all...
Oct 17, 2019 | Care for Creation
In the nationwide migration to clean and renewable energy, there is great need to implement a just transition that attends to the social dimensions of economic change and to learn from our collective experience when designing policies around best practices. Just...
May 8, 2019 | Care for Creation
FAN’s executive director, Patrick Carolan and former president, Sr. Margaret Magee, OSF recently co-authored the lead article in this quarter’s publication of Franciscan Connections: The Cord titled, Green New Deal: A Franciscan Perspective. The article...
