The Devout Belief of the Imagination. The Paris Meditationes Vitae Christi and Female Franciscan Spirituality in Trecento Italy. Disciplina Monastica 6 (review)

2012 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 509-511
Author(s):  
Richard A. Leson
Keyword(s):  
Franciscan Spirituality

scholarly journals Franciscan Spirituality and Economics

Religions ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 288
Author(s):  
Laszlo Zsolnai
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Financial Efficiency ◽  
Material Wealth ◽  
Community Economy ◽  
Value Of Nature ◽  
Franciscan Spirituality

St. Francis was hostile to money and material wealth. He was also against exploitation or misuse of natural creatures and promoted voluntary poverty, sharing, and universal brotherhood. This paper examines the implications of St. Francis’s views for economics. It is argued that St. Francis’s views imply the substantive notion of the term “economic” and favor material sufficiency instead of financial efficiency. Pope Francis’s encyclical letter “Laudato si’” is consistent with and supports St. Francis’s views, which emphasize the frugality of consumption and acknowledging the intrinsic value of nature. The overall vision of St. Francis can be characterized as “The Commonwealth of Life” based on a God-centered, spiritual way of living and acting. The paper suggests that the models of a sufficiency-oriented community economy are relevant for realizing St. Francis’s legacy in today’s reality of climate change described by climate scientists as the “Hothouse Earth” pathway.

Contemplation and Compassion: The Heart of a Franciscan Spirituality of Clinical Pastoral Supervision

2006 ◽  
Vol 60 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 109-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Brice ◽  
Celia Kourie
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Pastoral Supervision ◽  
Franciscan Spirituality ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

After five years of supervising CPE modules in two different hospitals in South Africa, a chaplain supervisor reflects on how his Franciscan spirituality had impacted his supervisory ministry. He describes how he was able to narrow the impact to two defining Franciscan qualities: contemplation and compassion. This article explores the relationship between spirituality and clinical pastoral supervision. Then the Franciscan dimension of contemplation and compassion of Franciscan spirituality are considered. Finally some contours of a Franciscan spirituality of clinical pastoral supervision are described.

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