Account recovery is one of those topics that people usually think about only after something goes wrong. By then, the pressure is high and the choices are limited. A better approach is to prepare backup access in advance, but do it in a way that does not create new weak points. That means planning for […]
Medical studies at university, Bachelor’s degrees in Medicine (MB) and Surgery (ChB), ‘house jobs’ and registration with the General Medical Council are normally what makes a doctor, but that is not the sort of doctor I am talking about! Seventy-five years ago on 16 January 1946 Pope Pius XII in the encyclical letter Exulta Lusitania […]
On 16 January 1996, the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of Saint Anthony as Doctor of the Church, Pope Saint John Paul II wrote an open letter to the Franciscan Minister General, the Most Reverend Bonaventure Midili, by way of celebration of the occasion. The letter itself, written in Italian, is not long, merely five […]
Because, during the reformation, many church wall paintings were obliterated very few early images of St Francis of Assisi exist in this country. One of the earliest at St Mary’s in Wissington, Suffolk, shows Francis preaching to the birds and is thought to have been painted within fifty years of his canonisation [1228] St Mary’s […]
Welcome to our website. We’re a Franciscan Group of professed OFS members, enquirers, visitors and other faithful people seeking guidance and encouragement on our spiritual journey, whilst giving help and support to everyone in our group. We hope you enjoy your visit to our pages, that your ears like what they’re about to hear, […]
126. Then the blessed Pope cried with a loud voice and said, raising his hands to heaven, “To the praise and glory of Almighty God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and of the glorious Virgin Mary, and of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and to the honour of the glorious Church of Rome, […]
Joining an Order of the Church isn’t about making a quick decision, it truly is about feeling a pull from God’s Holy Spirit. Considering whether to join the Secular Franciscan Order is about calling and vocation and making a clear choice to follow the example of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. The OFS is a journey […]
Most High, glorious God, enlighten the darkness of my heart and give me true faith, certain hope, and perfect charity, sense and knowledge, Lord, that I may carry out Your holy and true command. Tags: Prayer before the Cross St Francis
The above video is an introduction to St Maximillian Kolbe, English subtitles will appear if the “CC” logo is blue – if it’s not just click it! St Maximilian Kolbe’s Feast Day is celebrated on 14th August. Maximilian Kolbe OFM Conv is known for giving his life to the Nazis at the Horror Camp Auschwitz […]
Friar Gabriel of the Franciscans of the Immaculate sings some lines from Salve Regina whilst skateboarding. Original music score by Sean Beeson. Salve Regina Latin Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae: Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus, exsules, filii Hevae. Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia ergo, Advocata nostra, […]
Francis, Clare, Thank you. Thank you for proving that the gospel is liveable and joyful. Thank you for showing that simplicity is a gem not a burden. Thank you for teaching us that poverty is not a trap, but a gift that frees. Thank you for helping us with suffering that cannot destroy joy when […]
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The third verse of “Stars” by the American Band Skillet brings to mind a couple of verses from Romans: 8:38 For I am certain of this: neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nothing already in existence and nothing still to come, nor any power, 8:39 nor the heights nor the depths, nor any […]
“The world showed little hospitality to our Blessed Lord, who is Master of life and death. For His birth, there was available only a rough-and-ready shelter for animals. For death, He was given the hard bed of the cross, with a crown of thorns as a pillow; and His hands and feet were tucked into […]