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Love Through Advocacy

March 25, 2023

“I left feeling proud to be Catholic, with a stronger calling to live out our Catholic Social Teaching.” That was how Sarah Velten Tappe, one of a group of St. Francis parishioners and staff who…

Imitation of Christ is the Heart of the Franciscan Message

March 12, 2023

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“ All saints point to Christ, but we focus on the saint. We aren’t supposed to live ‘Francis’ but are supposed to live Christ.” So stated Father Steve Kluge when he visited St. Francis recently…

The Women’s Ministry: Rooted and Renewed

February 26, 2023

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After returning from a three-year move to St. Matthew’s in Charlotte, Kathryn Noblitt sought to return to her parish of St. Francis and ‘belong.’ At St. Matthew’s, she described how the most populous Catholic parish…

A Meaningful Lent

February 13, 2023

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As we Catholics know, Lent is a 40-day prayer, fasting, and almsgiving season that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. The preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter, during…

Joining the Faith

January 31, 2023

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Many in the Catholic Church are ‘cradle Catholics’, meaning their families are and have been Catholic and were raised ‘from the cradle’ in the Church. As a result, they usually receive the sacraments of Baptism,…

Faith Formation at St. Francis

January 20, 2023

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Many people who grew up in the Catholic Faith, especially those of a certain age, remember the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) programs that were once widespread in parishes. The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine was…

Love Through Advocacy

Imitation of Christ is the Heart of the Franciscan Message

The Women’s Ministry: Rooted and Renewed

A Meaningful Lent

Joining the Faith

Faith Formation at St. Francis

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