TOPICS for RETREATS/TALKS to FRANCISCANS- 1st, 2nd, 3rd Orders - Regular and Secular

• The Lord’s Prayer: Our Father: Identity, Desires, Struggles
• Mary, our Mother: Hail Mary, full of grace…
• Sacraments: Celebrating God’s Love in our Lives
• What does it mean to be Catholic?
• Mass: Gathering, Listening, Responding, Going – But WHY?
• Eucharist: “Do this in Memory of Me!”  Do what?      
• Peace Prayer of St Francis
• Corporal/Spiritual Works of Mercy
• Sermon on the Mount: New World Order (Mt 5-6-7)
• Eucharistic Prayer: Thanks, Praise, and Transformation
• Jesus: the Compassion of God
• Rule and Life of the Secular Franciscans
• Rule and Life of the Friars Minor