Fr. John Mary flew home from his first visit to the friars and wrote down, in a single line, what he thought he had seen. Then he opened the Rule of St. Francis and found the same sentence waiting for him.

Chapters
0:00 "An absolute war zone"
0:12 The call that came unexpectedly
1:33 The sentence he wrote on the plane
2:55 Why the founders went to the South Bronx
4:27 Living with Fr. Andrew
5:53 The threadbare T-shirt

➡️ 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. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss the next one.

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