Nov 16, 2022 | Care for Creation, Consistent Ethic of Life, FAN, Issues
With a love of lakes and self described passion for all creation, FAN Board Member Sr. Damien Marie Savino, F.S.E., Ph.D. serves as Dean of Science and Sustainability at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI. Her childhood love of nature and the outdoors “opened...
Nov 13, 2022 | Environmental Racism, Issues
In the fall of 2022, Franciscan Action Network, the Franciscan Federation and the Franciscan Friars (OFM) US-6 JPIC Working Group offered a 4-part webinar series on Confronting Environmental Racism. The centerpiece of our series consisted of three short documentaries...
Nov 7, 2022 | Faithful Democracy, FAN, Issues, Peacemaking
As Franciscans, we are called to be peacemakers and to engage actively in public life in harmony with our faith. On Monday November 7th, 2022 Franciscan Action Network hosted a special prayer vigil on the eve of midterm elections. We prayed for the Holy Spirit to...
Oct 31, 2022 | Faithful Democracy, FAN, Issues
As Franciscans, we are called to be peacemakers and to engage actively in public life in harmony with our faith. On Monday November 7th at 7pm ET / 4pm PT, Franciscan Action Network will host a special prayer vigil on the eve of midterm elections. We will gather to...
Oct 17, 2022 | Environmental Racism, Issues
In the fall of 2022, Franciscan Action Network, the Franciscan Federation and the Franciscan Friars (OFM) US-6 JPIC Working Group offered a 4-part webinar series on Confronting Environmental Racism. The centerpiece of our series consisted of three short documentaries...
Oct 8, 2022 | FAN, Issues
One hundred people at St. Francis Hall in D.C. and even more online gathered October 6th for our annual event, which highlighted domestic and global peacebuilding efforts in an interview with Marie Dennis and Tony Lewis, Jr. conducted by America Media podcast host...
