Bret Thoman, O.F.S., is an American Catholic lay writer, secular third order Franciscan, and pilgrimage guide based in Loreto, Italy. Since 2004 he and his wife Katia have directed St. Francis ...
As an avid student of Franciscan topics for nearly 50 years, I have always been puzzled by the wealth of information made available about St. Francis of Assisi and the limited resources on St. Clare.
Dacia Maraini, trans. from the Italian by Jane Tylus. Rutgers Univ, $29.95 trade paper (250p) ISBN 978-1-9788-3392-0 The life of Italian saint Clare of Assisi gets a clever feminist reimagining in ...
“You, Lord, are blessed for having made me.” St. Clare of Assisi spoke these curious final words. After exploring Clare’s unusual spiritual vision for many years, these words continued to confound me ...
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“Their angels in heaven always behold the face of my heavenly Father” (Matt 18:10). Ezek 2:8—3:4; Matt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 When we place the life of St. Clare in the historical context of the 13th ...
Death of St. Claire. A 1400s painting by the Austrian artist known as the Master of Heiligenkreuz. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons.) Listen In the very beginning of the new book by Bret Thoman, St. Clare ...
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