Engaging Franciscan Wisdom
62 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAre you a wisdom seeker or looking for inspiration? Have you ever heard of Saints Francis and Clare? They lived 800 years ago, but the witness of their lives and values continue to inspire people of faith today. Twice a month Sister Michelle L’Allier, Franciscan Sister of Little Falls, Minnesota, will bring a guest, a story or a text for reflection and conversation, leading us to prayer, inspiration, or action.
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Learning to Live in a global family of faith: - Episode 6
December 01, 2020 16:10 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBOur guest today is Franciscan Associate Rosanne Fischer. Here are two excerpts from her reflections: “As I've come to read more and pray more with Francis and Clare...Franciscan values are simply gospel values.” “There's so much that brings us together as a family of faith around our globe and there's so much we have to learn from each other. It's a deepening of our own faith when we step out of our comfort zone into the traditions and the song and the dance and the beauty and t...
Creating a Community of Belonging
November 17, 2020 18:20 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBSelected Excerpts: “The common good is what affects every level of our population. What affects the poor; it's housing, food, jobs and wages, the neighborhoods....Just that word, common. God made all of us. We are brothers and sisters. God did not separate us. We are one in Jesus, his son, and we separate ourselves when we don't care for the poor. We live in a common home, just as a family does, which are brothers and sisters. Some who are poor and disabled these days are readily sacrifice...
Creating a Community of Belonging - Episode 5
November 17, 2020 18:20 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBJoin Sister Jan Kilian in a probing conversation about the incisive wisdom and call to action in Fratelli Tutti, a recent encyclical from Pope Francis. Selected Excerpts: “The common good is what affects every level of our population. What affects the poor; it's housing, food, jobs and wages, the neighborhoods....Just that word, common. God made all of us. We are brothers and sisters. God did not separate us. We are one in Jesus, his son, and we separate ourselves when we don't care for ...
Look and Listen, Open to God’s Spirit - Episode 4
November 03, 2020 16:21 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBFrom the margins as a misguided youth to serving faith communities as a pastoral leader, our guest Steve Peterson shares his story of amazing grace. His journey of conversion brought him to freedom in Christ, to humble loving which overcomes fear with love, and to celebrate the joy of being human. Selected excerpts from the interview: “I looked for allies or exemplars in the faith. That's where I discovered a little more deeply and got inspiration and encouragement from this mentor,...
Look and Listen, Open to God’s Spirit
November 03, 2020 16:21 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBFrom the margins as a misguided youth to serving faith communities as a pastoral leader, our guest Steve Peterson shares his story of amazing grace. His journey of conversion brought him to freedom in Christ, to humble loving which overcomes fear with love, and to celebrate the joy of being human. Selected excerpts from the interview: “I looked for allies or exemplars in the faith. That's where I discovered a little more deeply and got inspiration and encouragement from this mentor,...
God is with Us
October 20, 2020 14:43 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBJoin Sister Joan Tuberty as she takes us on a journey through her life, exploring the power of images, prayer, and the attraction to Saints Francis and Clare who give us vivid examples of following in the footprints of Jesus. Let us listen and learn together: “I have always experienced Francis and Clare as people of their day, of their time. [It] was attractive to me that it's such a living tradition, that those of us living today should be faithfully engaged in the time in which we're liv...
God is with Us - Episode 3
October 20, 2020 14:43 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBJoin Sister Joan Tuberty as she takes us on a journey through her life, exploring the power of images, prayer, and the attraction to Saints Francis and Clare who give us vivid examples of following in the footprints of Jesus. Let us listen and learn together: “I have always experienced Francis and Clare as people of their day, of their time. [It] was attractive to me that it's such a living tradition, that those of us living today should be faithfully engaged in the time in which we're liv...
To love as God loves
October 05, 2020 15:42 - 20 minutes - 19 MBOur guest today is JoAnn Dahl, Franciscan Associate and co-conspirator for this podcast. Here are a couple of gems from her ponderings: “When there's conflict and hate in the world, sometimes I want to despair and I come back to the Franciscan values and try to look again through that lens at the world, and I find peace.” “Originally I thought Francis was the easy Saint because Francis loved nature and was a friend to the birds and that's good. I can love God and love nature, but as ...
To love as God loves - Episode 2
October 05, 2020 15:42 - 20 minutes - 19 MBOur guest today is JoAnn Dahl, Franciscan Associate and co-conspirator for this podcast. Here are a couple of gems from her ponderings: “When there's conflict and hate in the world, sometimes I want to despair and I come back to the Franciscan values and try to look again through that lens at the world, and I find peace.” “Originally I thought Francis was the easy Saint because Francis loved nature and was a friend to the birds and that's good. I can love God and love nature, but as ...
Peace and all Good! - Episode 1
October 05, 2020 14:33 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBJoin Franciscan Associate JoAnn Dahl and host S. Michelle L’Allier in this introductory podcast. We will explore the genesis of Engaging Franciscan Wisdom as a bridge between the challenges of living wisely in the midst of today’s challenges, and the wisdom found in the lives and writings of Francis, Clare and Franciscans over the centuries (including today!) who lived faithfully in the challenges of their times. Reference: Saint Francis’ Later Rule X:8-9 “Let them pay attention to w...
Peace and all Good!
October 05, 2020 14:33 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBJoin Franciscan Associate JoAnn Dahl and host S. Michelle L’Allier in this introductory podcast. We will explore the genesis of Engaging Franciscan Wisdom as a bridge between the challenges of living wisely in the midst of today’s challenges, and the wisdom found in the lives and writings of Francis, Clare and Franciscans over the centuries (including today!) who lived faithfully in the challenges of their times. Reference: Saint Francis’ Later Rule X:8-9 “Let them pay attention to w...
A New Beginning
September 21, 2020 18:29 - 1 minute - 1.78 MBAre you a wisdom seeker or looking for inspiration? Have you ever heard of Saints Francis and Clare? They lived 800 years ago, but the witness of their lives and values continue to inspire people of faith today. Twice a month Sister Michelle L’Allier, Franciscan Sister of Little Falls, Minnesota, will bring a guest, a story or a text for reflection and conversation, leading us to prayer, inspiration, or action.