Br. Thomas, CFR grew up culturally Irish Catholic in Georgia — Mass every Sunday, confession once a month, every box ticked — and still couldn't name what he was longing for. Looking back, he can see the signs God had been leaving him the whole time, right down to the name of the street he grew up on.

Chapters
0:00 "We Need Divine Help"
0:09 A Typical Teenager
0:22 Checking the Boxes
0:38 Gray Rock Drive
0:56 "Who Am I?"
1:10 What the World Was Offering
1:26 The Retreat, 1993
1:47 The Joy That Struck Deep
2:12 A Really Good Confession
2:32 A Love for St. Francis
2:44 The Vow of Obedience
3:02 Trusting a Good Father
3:26 Holy Father Francis
3:44 Beyond Human Fixing

➡️ ABOUT THIS PROJECT
This year marks 800 years since the death of St. Francis of Assisi. To mark the anniversary, we're travelling to friaries across the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal to sit down with the friars and hear, in their own words, what St. Francis means to them — how they first encountered him, what drew them to the Franciscan life, and what the Poverello continues to teach them today.

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