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A Franciscan Abroad

The Reflections of a Wandering Friar

Proposed Pipeline a Catastrophic Threat to the Environment

| August 24, 2011

Right now there is an ongoing two week protest in front of the White House opposing a proposed oil pipeline that opponents describe as North America’s largest Carbon Bomb. The Keystone XL Pipeline, if approved, would stretch 1700 miles from Hardisty, Alberta to Nederland, Texas. In the process it will cross thousands of acres of [...]

The President is Not My Commander in Chief

| August 11, 2011

This has been a pet peeve of mine for quite a while and one worth addressing in the current climate of militarism and and a misunderstood sense of patriotism. The issue is simply this: Too many people refer to the President of the U.S. as the Commander in Chief of the United States of America. [...]

Friars Push for Immigration Reform

| August 11, 2011

An article I wrote on an immigration rally I participated in several weeks ago was published today in my provincial newsletter.  From the article: On July 26, Jacek Orzechowski, OFM, Erick López, OFM, and [Stephen DeWitt, OFM] joined hundreds of others to support the rights of immigrants at a rally in Lafayette Park, in front [...]

I’m Back

| August 10, 2011

I realize that it has been an incredibly long time since I have updated this site and for that I am sorry.  My summer has been extremely busy and I have been traveling extensively.  I now settled  back in the U.S, however, and intend to refocus on this site. In new developments relevant to my [...]