Little Portion Farm’ Restores Land While Providing Produce For Those In Need: “Those who lovingly work their small expanse fields reap enough not only for ourselves but for others,” Friar Continue Reading →

PEACE Latin American Bishops Medellín, Colombia September 6, 1968 I. The Latin American Situation and Peace 1. If “development is the new name for peace,”1 Latin American under-development with its Continue Reading →

As friars minor, our call to “minority”, or being “lesser”, brings us to a new way of life through a spirit of prayer and devotion, evangelization, and fraternal life.  Our Continue Reading →

Our Province Friars who minister in Coal Township, Shamokin and Trevorton (Pennsylvania) are undertaking a new ministry that will address sustainability in the Coal Region.

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“A Franciscan Approach to Economics” ~ Fr. Michael Lasky, OFM Conv. (JPIC Chairman) May 6, 2019 article published by the Pontificia Facoltà Teologica “San Bonaventura” Seraphicum

The heart of Little Portion Farm is a three-acre parcel reserved for the Friars’ direct service to the poor. On these acres, the Friars will grow organic produce exclusively for Continue Reading →

“We see the sun as our brother … and the sun is a gift of energy to give to us that’s meant to be shared.”

Follow this link to read the English Translation of “HAGGLING FOR THE COMMON GOOD” written by Friar Michael Lasky, OFM Conv, the Director of the Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Continue Reading →

The week after Thanksgiving, Friar Michael Lasky, OFM Conv. of our province’s Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation Ministry met with all of the postulants of the Conventual Franciscan Postulancy Continue Reading →