Franciscan Solidarity Tables Resources

The Facilitator’s Guide and Member’s Handbook listed here are meant to offer guidance and information to help you navigate the Phases as you build your FST. Further below you will find additional resources for each Phase of a Franciscan Solidarity Table.

Click on the links below to view and download each of these resource guides. We ask that you consider the environment before printing them and print on both sides of the paper when possible.

Facilitator’s Guide (PDF, 26 pages)

Member’s Handbook (PDF, 19 pages)

• Audio recording of a Talk on St. Clare by Sr. Ilia Delio, OSF (Audio)
• “Creation as the Body of God” article by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM (PDF)
• “Religious by nature: An interview with Keith Warner, OFM on the environment” (Video)
• Dating God: Intimacy, Prayer and Franciscan Spirituality Video by Fr. Dan Horan OFM (Video)
• Franciscan Nonviolence: Stories, Reflections, Principles, Practices and Resources, by Ken Butigan, Mary Litell, OSF and Louis Vitale, OFM. Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service. (PDF)
• There is a wealth of material from the Commission on the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition, where you can become a member for free and access writings and videos (Various)
• Introductory videos on consensus decision making by Seeds for Change (Video)
• Introduction to consensus decision making, A short guide to collaborative decision-making for activist groups, co-ops and communities by Seeds for Change, 2020 (PDF)
• A Consensus Handbook, Co-operative decision-making for activists, co-ops and communities by Seeds for Change, 2013 (PDF)

• “St. Francis and the Foolishness of God” by Marie Dennis, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Joseph Nangle, OFM, and Stuart Taylor, 1993/2015
• “Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi” by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM, 2016
• “Care of Creation” by Ilia Delio, 2008
• “Surrounded by Love: Seven Teachings from St. Francis” by Murray Bodo, OFM, 2018
• “The Life of Saint Francis” by Thomas of Celano, 1228-1229
• “Laudato Si” Papal Encyclical by Pope Francis, 2015
• Handbook for Animators of Justice, Peace and Care of Creation by the National JPIC Commission, Secular Franciscan Order, USA, 2018

• “Thoughts on Stewardship”, Article by Bishop Kenneth E. Untener, published by the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw (PDF)
• “When Fighting Poverty, Listen to the Impoverished” by James Abro, Nov. 7, 2019
• 101 Questions and Answers on Catholic Social Teaching by Kenneth Himes, O.F.M, New York: Paulist Press, 2013.
• Called to Be Catholic: Church in a Time of Peril, Inaugural Statement of the Catholic Common Ground Initiative, by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, August 12, 1996 (specific to the Catholic Church)

• “Faith, Charity, and Justice”, article by Ernesto Cortés, Jr. April 22, 2007
• Handbook: Making Human Rights Work for People in Extreme Poverty, A Handbook for Implementing the Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights (Franciscans International and ATD Fourth World) (PDF)
• “To Hell with Good Intentions” article by Ivan Illich (PDF)
• A Toolbox: Human Rights, Sustainable Development & Climate Policies: Connecting the Dots (Franciscans International) (PDF)