by jpic | Mar 8, 2023 | Reflection
We commemorate International Women’s Day (March 8) with the campaign: To migrate is to weave and fight In commemoration of two years since the murder of Victoria Esperanza Salazar. Event occurred on March 27, 2021 in the Tumbe Ka neighborhood, Tulum, Quintana...
by jpic | Dec 28, 2022 | Reflection
Transcription of Dylan Corbett’s presentation to the Franciscan Border Experience group on November 5, 2022 Dylan Corbett,Executive Director, Hope Border InstituteEl Paso, Texas You have the Rocky Mountains which divides us into sort of East and West. And then if you...
by jpic | Dec 19, 2022 | Reflection
In the gospel, “the Word became flesh” is identified as the Son of God made human, a person who was born and lived in the midst of the poorest of Nazareth. However, this Son of God–as real as we are, so human that he felt hungry, thirsty and had to...
by jpic | Dec 12, 2022 | Reflection
Back in 1977, I attended the first annual Franciscan Brotherhood Experience vocation weekend at Mayslake Retreat House in suburban Chicago. It was a glorious experience of being with 30 friars, from different ministries and lifestyles. Although it was 45 years ago,...
by jpic | Nov 30, 2022 | Reflection, Uncategorized
Greetings Sisters and Brothers in the Franciscan Family, I am really pleased to be part of the newly organized Franciscan Migrant Network and although I cannot be with you in person for the Franciscan Border Experience, I will be a spiritual pilgrim from afar. I spent...
by jpic | Nov 5, 2022 | Meeting, Reflection
I immediately noticed the Do Not Trespass signs as we were given permission by the Border Patrol to cross through the wall into “No Man’s Land” – the uninhabited region between Texas and Mexico. As attendees of the Border Experience with the Franciscan Network...
