Feb 11, 2021 | Care for Creation, Issues
As Franciscans and Franciscan-hearted people, we have a special responsibility to care for all God’s Creation and hurting communities, especially in the conversation around how to recover from COVID-19. This responsibility requires us to take action in solidarity with...
Feb 5, 2021 | FAN, Issues, Organizing Tools
When Franciscan Action Network (FAN) was founded in 2007, a set of Franciscan Values was developed by Fr. Thomas Nairn, OFM. These were set as a guide for our work, to ensure the issues with which we engage are consistent with the charism and spirituality of...
Jan 14, 2021 | Care for Creation, Issues
St. Bonaventure tells us that to love God, we need to love all that God created. With this in mind, on February 13, 2021 Franciscan Action Network (FAN) again took the #PolarBearChallenge to Keep Winter Cold. This year’s plunge was a bit different as for the...
Dec 8, 2020 | Consistent Ethic of Life, Human Rights, Issues
Over the last several months, Franciscan Action Network has joined several of our faith partners in speaking out against the federal death penalty, which after 17 years was reinstated this year by Attorney General William Barr. As Franciscans we work to promote that...
Nov 23, 2020 | Care for Creation, Issues
UPDATE, December 14, 2020: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requires hard copies of comments and so FAN printed out more than 800 letters from FAN members like you and mailed them to Alaska before the comment period ended on Dec. 17th. Thank you for taking action...
Nov 20, 2020 | Issues, Poverty
The Little Portion Farm is a ministry of the Franciscan Friars Conventual, Our Lady of the Angels Province who are FAN Members. It is located on the grounds of The Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD. Recently we were contact by Candace Blase, a volunteer at...
