St Francis

What is compassion and how does it emerge in the human heart? What moves one to compassion? Can we learn compassion as a way of life? Can we let go...

By pairing the words and deeds of St. Francis with the Scripture readings for Advent, Advent with St. Francis: Daily Reflections helps readers expl...

From a pilgrimage through the streets of Assisi to contemplative walks on the beaches near his home, Bruce Epperly has pondered the questions of pr...

For years, Franciscan Father Pat McCloskey has heard people's questions and then responded in his "Ask a Franciscan" column in the award-winning St...

St. Francis of Assisi is one of the best-known and best-loved of all the saints. This classic work puts the him in the context of his historical se...

St. Francis had a deep and lifelong devotion to Mary, the Mother of God, committing his order to her care. Franciscan Murray Bodo explores that rel...

Masterfully written and intensely enlightening, Franciscan Prayer could very well be considered the essential handbook for all those seeking to pra...

The true meaning of Christmas isn't found in the glitter and gifts. It's not on the tree or tucked under it. It won't be served with the cookies an...

Following up on Francis: The Journey and the Dream, Murray Bodo offers a maturing of his own friar's spirituality in this dramatic storytelling of ...

Drawing from the Franciscan tradition, Dating God encourages us to see St. Francis's spirituality in a new light, challenging us to reexamine our o...

Three of the greatest minds in Franciscan theology, Ilia Delio, O.S.F., Franciscan Keith Douglass Warner, O.F.M., and Pamela Wood, come together to...

Lent calls us to turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel. Few saints have done this more intentionally than St. Francis of Assisi. He live...

Using stories of ordinary people working to grow in their spiritual lives, Franciscan Albert Haase illuminates each phrase of the familiar Peace Pr...

Franciscan priest and best-selling author Murray Bodo invites you to read the words of Saint Francis and then meditate, pray and ultimately act upo...

Francis and the San Damiano Cross: Meditations on Spiritual Transformation is an invaluable prayer resource that uses the cross of San Damiano—the ...

Patrick Madrid uses the example of St. Francis de Sales to illustrate the zeal, spiritual principles, and attitude of one who sets out to live and ...

Secular Franciscans and their spiritual assistants will appreciate this little booklet—an English translation of the approved Latin text of the Rit...

The Humility of God: A Franciscan Perspective is the first extensive treatment of a Franciscan theology of divine humility. Through the lens of St....

Ask anyone who has been there: Assisi is a special place. The events in the lives of Francis and Clare seem to have charged the very rocks with a p...

This book includes a short history of the Secular Franciscan Order, the Rule of the Secular Franciscan, Daily Prayers which includes prayers to var...

Francis of Assisi: Writer and Spiritual Master contains several literary genres (poetry, prayers and legislative texts) all of which were written b...