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Inspired by the Gospel of Jesus, and the example of Saints Francis and Clare, the Franciscan Action Network is a collective Franciscan voice seeking to transform United States public policy related to peace making, care for creation, poverty, and human rights.
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PRESS RELEASE: Franciscans Applaud House Passage of Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019
December 6, 2019Immediate ReleaseMedia Contact:Janine Walsh | walsh@franciscanaction.org | (203) 685-1856Franciscans Applaud House Passage of Voting...
PRESS RELEASE: Franciscan Action Network Deplores Attack on Jewish Neighbors
December 4, 2019Immediate ReleaseMedia Contact:Janine Walsh | walsh@franciscanaction.org | (203) 685-1856Franciscan Action Network Deplores Attack...
PRESS RELEASE: Franciscan Action Network Announces New Executive Director
December 2, 2019Immediate ReleaseMedia Contact:Janine Walsh | walsh@franciscanaction.org | (203) 685-1856Franciscan Action Network Announces New...
This Giving Tuesday Join us in Celebrating Our Common Humanity
When so much attention is given to what makes us different, generosity is what brings people together. We’re proud to be part of the #GivingTuesday...
2019 Annual Award Benefit a Great Success
With bittersweet emotions, the staff and board of the Franciscan Action Network gathered on November 7th, 2019 at St. Francis Hall to celebrate...
FAN Partners with Jane Fonda for a Fire Drill Friday
Inspired by youth activists as well as Reverend Barber’s Moral Mondays and Randall Robinson’s often daily anti-apartheid protests, actress and...
FAN Introduces a New Campaign to “green” Faith Communities and Dioceses
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...
FAN Builds Coalition working on Just Transition
In the nationwide migration to clean and renewable energy, there is great need to implement a just transition that attends to the social dimensions...
Feast of St. Francis
FAN Friend and National Animator of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation for the U.S. Secular Franciscan Order, Ms. Carolyn Townes, OFS shared...
