Value for 2009-2010:
Reverence for Creation
"Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life." – His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Upcoming Spiritual Events
- Mass for Saint Joseph 3/23/2010
- Blood Drive 3/24/2010
- CPR: Christian Prayer and Reflection 4/14/2010
- Reverance for Creation/Earth Day Mass 4/22/2010
- Baccalaureate Mass 5/9/2010
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Franciscan Values
Learning to Connect Mind & Spirit... the Franciscan Way
- COMMUNITY
- COMPASSION
- PEACEMAKING
- REVERENCE FOR CREATION
Each year the college community explores one of four fundamental Franciscan values: community, compassion, peacemaking, and reverence for creation. This academic year the primary focus is on Reverence for Creation.
Reverence for Creation
In the process of his conversion, St. Francis of Assisi was gifted with a deep faith-experience of God. Out of the abundance of his love, God created humanity and nature, animate and inanimate. Francis, hungering for truth and the realities of life, penetrated the mystery of creation with the eyes of faith. He came to realize that all creation was a reflection of the truth, goodness, and beauty of its Maker. In the beauty of the world, he encountered Beauty Itself. He sensed the unity, solidarity, and interdependence of all creation which inspired him to call creatures his brothers and sisters.
If peacemaking is living in right relationship with God and each other, reverence for creation includes right relationship with all of creation so that the integrity of creation is preserved.