2023 Pope Francis & CIOFS Prayer Intentions

Brothers and sisters,

Here is a helpful resource to use for your fraternity newsletters and preparations for fraternal gatherings. The PDF file comes from the CIOFS website.

Peace and all good,

Teresa

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Eucharistic Revival – Stage Two: Parish Renewal

The Bishops of the United States are calling all its Catholic members to a deeper relationship with God through a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. This year 2023 – 2024 is designated for “Parish Renewal”. We, the Franciscan “people in the pews” should be in the forefront of this renewal – through our prayers; our conversations; bringing others with us to Mass and/or Eucharistic Adoration, etc. To assist us in this endeavor, resource materials like banners, fliers & prayer cards have been designed and are available free of charge for digital download for personal printing
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July 2023-Joyful Gospel Living (Newness through Encounter)

Joyful Gospel Living-July 2023

“Christians have the duty to proclaim the Gospel without excluding anyone. Instead of seeming to impose new obligations, they should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a horizon of beauty and who invite others to a delicious banquet.” (Evangelii Gaudium, 14)

Recently, my husband Jeff and I had the opportunity to use a gift card for a restaurant that has a beautiful riverfront view and a popular menu. Because of the restaurant’s proximity to his apartment, we invited an elderly man to join us who had attended my prison ministry,
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July 2023 – Fr. Francis Sariego, OFM Cap, Monthly Greeting

St. Katherine Drexel Regional Fraternity

Regional Spiritual Assistant

St. Francis of Assisi Friary

1901 Prior Road

Wilmington, Delaware 19809

tel: (302) 798-1454 fax: (302) 798-3360 website: skdsfo email: pppgusa@gmail.com

July 2023

Dear Sisters and Brothers in St. Francis,

The Lord give you His peace

Everything is a grace; everything is a gift. Everything that we are, have, experience; everything that we like, dislike, enjoy or not, everything, seen with the “yes” of faith, is a grace! God’s direct or indirect gifts help
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July 2023-Fr. Francis Sariego, OFM Cap Daily Reflections

July 2023

 

All-powerful, most holy, Almighty and supreme God,

Holy and just Father, Lord King of heaven and earth

we thank You for Yourself, for through Your holy will

and through Your only Son with the holy Spirit

You have created everything spiritual and corporal

making us in Your own image and likeness,

We thank You.

 

Excerpts taken from Franciscan Sources the Tribulations

 

Angelic Prophecies

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After the Rule was confirmed and they were returning, meal time had passed, and they were weak and exhausted from the labor of their journey, and far away from the homes
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