This week, as you transition from one place to the next and as you “take a seat” (e.g. in your car, down the hall to a toilet, at your desk,

Peacemaking is one of the essential, core values of being Franciscan. Consequently, and to no one's surprise, it is one of the core values of our center. It was the habit of Francis to greet everyone with peace and if you take a trip to Assisi, you’ll find both the Latin Pax et Bonum (peace and good) and the Italian Pace e Bene everywhere: It is a gentle reminder that in the midst of a world full of factions and unrest, God’s peace and good was - and is - fully present in al