The Gospel Through a Franciscan Lens – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Fr. Christopher

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Fr. Christopher reflects work as a gift and the role of work in building up the Kingdom.

View and listen to Fr. Christopher’s homily here.

This homily was recorded 2021.

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FORMATION FRIDAY – Frequently Asked Questions #6 – September 6, 2024

Formation Friday September 6, 2024 Frequently Asked Questions #6
Please share with your local fraternity (en español abajo) Korean translation attached in separate PDF.

Frequently Asked Questions answered by our General Constitutions (GC): For the next several weeks we will take a look at some questions given in the 2010 edition of the Handbook for Servant Leadership. The same questions often arise on our councils and in our fraternities. Becoming familiar with the Constitutions is very helpful in addressing issues that arise in fraternities at all levels. For the complete, latest translation of the entire document, visit: https://ciofs.info/library/official-documents/ or https://www.secularfranciscansusa.org/the-general-constitutions-of-the-secular-franciscan-order-2000/

+ What are the required leadership positions for a fraternity? [GC Article 49]

1. The Council of the local Fraternity is composed of the following offices: Minister, Vice-Minister, Secretary, Treasurer, and Teacher of Formation (Formation Director). Other offices may be added according to the needs of each Fraternity. The Spiritual Assistant of the Fraternity forms part of the Council by right.

2. The Fraternity, meeting in an Assembly or Chapter, discusses questions regarding its own life and organization. Every three years, in an Elective Assembly or Chapter, the Fraternity elects the Minister and the Council in the way established by the Constitutions and Statutes. (See General Constitutions Title IV Articles 76-80 and National Statutes for election procedures.)

 

After reading Article 49, please discuss the following with your fraternity members.

+Who are the members of your local fraternity council?

+Please give some examples of what your fraternity council does for the fraternity.
+If you have not read about our election procedures in the Constitutions and Statutes, please do so. If your fraternity has questions, be sure to check with your region before the next fraternity elections.

 

+What are the duties of the council? [GC Article 50]

1. It is the duty of the Council of the local Fraternity:

– to promote the initiatives necessary for fostering fraternal life, for improving the human, Christian, and Franciscan formation of its members and for sustaining them in their witness and commitment in the world;

– to make concrete and courageous choices, appropriate for the situation of the Fraternity, from among the numerous activities possible in the field of the apostolate.

2. The duties of the Council are also:

a) to decide on the acceptance and admission to Profession of new brothers and sisters;

b) to establish a fraternal dialogue with members in particular difficulties and to adopt subsequent measures;

c) to receive the request for withdrawal and to decide on the suspension of a member from the Fraternity;

d) to decide on the establishment of sections or groups in conformity with the Constitutions and the Statutes;

e) to decide on the use of available funds and, in general, to deliberate on matters concerning financial management and economic affairs of the Fraternity;

f) to assign duties to the Councilors and to the other professed members;

g) to request from the competent Superiors of the First Order and the TOR suitable and prepared religious as Assistants;

h) to perform such other duties as are required by these Constitutions or which are necessary to carry out its proper purposes.

 

After reading Article 50, please discuss the following with your fraternity members.

+Which of the council duties above surprised you? Why?

+Discuss with a partner or group how you would fulfill these duties if you were elected to your local council.

+Why do you think it is essential that fraternity members discern serving on the council?

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Formación 6 de septiembre, 2024 (Compartir con su fraternidad local.) Preguntas frecuentes #6

 

Preguntas Frecuentes Respondidas por nuestras Constituciones Generales (CG): Durante las próximas semanas echaremos un vistazo a algunas preguntas dadas en la edición 2010 del Manual para el Liderazgo de Servicio. Las mismas preguntas surgen a menudo en nuestros consejos y en nuestras fraternidades. Familiarizarse con las Constituciones es muy útil para abordar los problemas que surgen en las fraternidades a todos los niveles. Para obtener la traducción completa y más reciente del documento completo, visite: https://ciofs.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ES-Constituciones-generales-OFS-s.pdf

 

+ ¿Cuáles son las posiciones de liderazgo requeridas para una fraternidad? [CCGG Artículo 49]

1. El Consejo de la Fraternidad local está formado por los siguientes oficios: Ministro, Viceministro, Secretario, Tesorero y Maestro de la formación. Según las exigencias de cada Fraternidad pueden añadirse otros oficios. Forma parte del Consejo, por derecho, el Asistente espiritual de la Fraternidad.

2. La Fraternidad, reunida en Asamblea o Capítulo, trata los asuntos que interesan a su vida y organización. Cada tres años, en Asamblea o Capítulo electivo, elige al Ministro y al Consejo, según las normas previstas en las Constituciones y en el Estatuto.

 

Después de leer el Artículo 49, por favor discuta lo siguiente con los miembros de su fraternidad.

+¿Quiénes son los miembros del consejo de su fraternidad local?

+Por favor, dé algunos ejemplos de lo que su consejo de fraternidad hace por la fraternidad.

+Si no ha leído sobre nuestros procedimientos de elección en las Constituciones y Estatutos, por favor hágalo. Si su fraternidad tiene preguntas, asegúrese de consultar con su región antes de las próximas elecciones de fraternidad.

 

+¿Cuáles son los deberes del consejo? [Artículo 50]

1. Corresponde al Consejo de la Fraternidad local:

– Promover las iniciativas necesarias para favorecer la vida fraterna, para incrementar la formación humana, cristiana y franciscana de sus miembros, y para sostenerlos en su testimonio y compromiso en el mundo;

– Adoptar opciones concretas y valientes, adecuadas a la situación de la Fraternidad, entre las múltiples actividades posibles en el campo apostólico.

2. Son, además, competencias del Consejo:

a) decidir la aceptación y la admisión a la Profesión de los nuevos hermanos33;

b) establecer un diálogo fraterno con los miembros que se hallan en dificultades particulares y adoptar las disposiciones oportunas;

c) aceptar la petición de baja y decidir la suspensión de un miembro de la Fraternidad;

d) decidir la constitución de secciones o grupos, de acuerdo con las Constituciones y los Estatutos;

e) decidir sobre la destinación de los fondos disponibles y, en general, deliberar sobre todo lo referente a la administración financiera y a los asuntos económicos de la Fraternidad;

f) confiar encargos a los consejeros y a otros profesos;

g) pedir religiosos idóneos y preparados como Asistentes a los Superiores competentes de la Primera Orden y de la TOR;

h) cumplir los demás deberes indicados en las Constituciones o necesarios para alcanzar sus fines propios.

 

Después de leer el Artículo 50, por favor discuta lo siguiente con los miembros de su fraternidad.

+¿Cuáles de los deberes del consejo anteriores le sorprendió? ¿Por qué?

+Discuta con un compañero o grupo cómo usted cumpliría con estos deberes si fuera elegido para su consejo local.

+¿Por qué cree que es esencial que los miembros de la fraternidad disciernan servir en el consejo?

 

 

 
Diane F. Menditto, OFS
Vice Minister, National Fraternity, Secular Franciscan Order USA
Listen – Discern – Go Forth National Theme 2022-2025

 

WE GET LOVE, TO GIVE LOVE, AND RETURN TO LOVE

(This article originally appeared in the TAU-USA Summer 2024 Digital Issue #112)

by Francine Gikow, OFS

 I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me.

Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the fields…

there I will give you my love

(Song 7:10-12).

All scripture is a love story between God and humankind. It is a story of how God has and continues to love us. God IS love and God’s love is always fruitful, expressive, expansive, and wishes an “other” to love. With this desire for an “other” to love, God created! He created to share His love with His creatures and thereby manifest Himself. This culminates in creating living persons who are made in His image and likeness. (Gen 1:26).

We love, because he first loved us (Jn :19). In fact, God wants to lavishly expend His love upon us. God wants to live within us as we live in love with Him: God is love and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him (1Jn4:16). The love between the persons of the blessed Trinity is to be our model in this love. As St. Francis said, Praise Him and bless Him, thank and adore Him, the Lord Almighty, in Trinity and Unity. (ER XXI: 2).

God loves us so much that He incarnated Himself in human form – Jesus. God, through the apostles, planned for us to know Him – through Jesus’ physical presence, words, and deeds. In the incarnation, the love of God was made manifest among us. God sent his only-begotten Son into the world so that we might live with Him.

We often try to understand God’s love within our experiences of brokenness and sinfulness, but we can never fully understand this pure love of God that only wishes the best for us – no matter how much we turn away from Him. God’s love knows no boundaries, limits, or exclusions. However, in our finite minds and experiences, we find this type of agape (self-sacrificing) love, hard to believe. We doubt that God desires and loves us while we are so unworthy. We tend to measure God’s love by how we love. God’s agape love does not count the cost of loving but loves us anyway – all we need is to acknowledge our sins and ask for forgiveness in humility. As scripture states: There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear (1Jn 4:18).

When we are filled with God’s love, we cannot help but share it with others. With gratitude, His love takes over our souls and our spirit erupts into praise, glory, and the sharing of our experience of God’s love: Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another (1Jn 4:11). We become a practical, concrete example of LOVE to others, by His LOVE dwelling within us: He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me, you can do nothing (Jn 15:5).

We cannot help but be joyful and smile because we are the beloved of God. One of the best ways to reveal his love to others, is to smile! A simple smile ministry reveals the joy of God’s impact on your life!

A wise person once said:

we get LOVE, to give LOVE, and to return to LOVE.

Flaming Heart

WE GET LOVE, TO GIVE LOVE, AND RETURN TO LOVE

Celebrating the Gift of the Stigmata – August 20-23, 2024

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To celebrate and reflect on the Centenary of the Stigmata of St. Francis, the CNSA and the National Formation Commission collaborated on a two-day conference/day of reflection at the Villa Maria Education and Spirituality Center in Villa Maria PA.

Sr. Margaret Carney, OSF, and Father Marek Stybor, OFM Conv., provided two full days of insight and inspiration to 45 Regional Spiritual Assistants, Regional Formation Directors and members of the CNSA and National Formation Commission from across the nation, including Guam. It was a beautiful time of fraternal joy and relationship building among Seculars, Friars and Sisters, many of whom were meeting for the first time.

The first day, Sr. Margaret gifted the participants with a wealth of insights and perspectives from the Franciscan sources. To help her get to know us, Sr. Margaret invited the participants to stand and tell the group who they were, what their ministry was and where they were from.  The round of introductions concluded with a spontaneous singing of “This Land is My Land”.

The second day, Fr. Marek helped the participants delve into the spirituality of the Stigmata.    Father’s themes were “From Complaining to Gratitude”, “From Wounded to Healed” and “From Rejection to Acceptance”. The day included Eucharistic adoration and an opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

See the agenda and materials below for details.

Pictured below:

Group picture of event participants,

Our Presenters:  Sr. Margaret Carney, OSF and Fr. Marek Stybor, OFM Conv.,

The Mass of the Exaltation of the Cross – from left, Deacon Will Tribbey, OFS, Sr. John DeLaRiva, OFM Cap., Fr. Jerome Wolbert, OFM, Fr. Marek Stybor, OFM Conv. and Fr. Cid Joseph, OFM.,

The beautiful chapel bathed in light.

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The Gospel Through a Franciscan Lens – 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Fr. Christopher

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Fr. Christopher reflects on how we need to be “doers” of the Word.

View and listen to Fr. Christopher’s homily here.

This homily was recorded 2021.

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