JPIC Resources
Tools for Living Justice, Peace, and Care for Creation
Franciscan Resources for Action and Reflection
In this section, you will find a wide collection of educational, pastoral, and reflective resources focused on the values of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC). They are designed to support communities, JPIC animators, pastoral teams, and committed individuals, from a deeply Franciscan perspective.
Brothers and sisters: A guide to living justice, peace, and care for creation
Inspired by the Canticle of the Creatures of St. Francis of Assisi and the values of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation, this guide offers a weekly journey that unites prayer, contemplation, and action. While it can be used at any time of the year, it is presented in a special way during the Season of Creation (Sept 1 – Oct 4).
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Poor and Lesser Ones: Where Are We?
The booklet is the result of the collaboration of the General Bursar, the Secretariat for Formation and Studies and JPIC Office...
Franciscan Management of Finances
This subsidy elaborates on the issue of the ethical use of financial resources. It’s obvious for us Franciscans that economic resources should be acquired...
Franciscans and Environmental Justice
This resource helps the brothers to understand what environmental justice is. It includes four significant stories: mining in Indonesia, deforestation in the Amazon...
An Aid: JPIC Quotes
Collection of texts from the Constitutions and General Statutes (1985, 2004), the Franciscan Ratio Formationis (1991, 2002), and the Ratio Studiorum (2001)...
The cry of the earth and the cries of the poor
While this short document is rooted in the Franciscan and biblical traditions, it intentionally expresses that same tradition in partnership with contemporary science.
Franciscan Peacebuilding Toolkit
This resource offers Franciscan and biblical texts as well as very practical materials on the topic of peacebuilding ...
Guidelines for the animation of JPIC (Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation)
It is a guide for animators and for those interested in JPIC...
Spirit of Assisi
In recent years, as an Order, we celebrated and promoted this ecumenical and interreligious prayer in different places of the world...
Study Guide for Laudato Si’
This study guide for the encyclical Laudato Si’was written by the group Romans VI in response to a request from the Conference of the Franciscan Family.
Care for Creation in the Daily Life of the Friars Minor
This resource helps fraternities to reflect on and evaluate how our daily lifestyle...
Pilgrims and Strangers in this world
This resource dates from 2008 but is still a very worthwhile resource for the study of Chapter 4 of the OFM General Constitutions.