The Third Order, Society of St Francis » seriously joyful http://tssf.org.au The Province of Australia, Papua New Guinea and East Asia Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:11:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Happy Feast Day http://tssf.org.au/2011/08/11/happy-feast-day/ http://tssf.org.au/2011/08/11/happy-feast-day/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:36:34 +0000 Ted Witham http://tssf.org.au/?p=245 Dear sisters and brothers,

Today, the Feast of St Clare, is a joyful day in our calendar. I invite you to rejoice in this humble and enduring saint of Assisi, who took the vision of St Francis and made it concrete in her situation.

St Clare inspires to live more generously, to love more unconstrainedly, to sing God’s praises more warmly, and to walk bravely with Christ.

To mark today’s feast, I offer this hymn for you to use as you wish in celebrating St Clare. The hymn is here: http://wp.me/pI7Dl-1L

Peace, joy and love,

Ted Witham.
Minister Provincial

]]> http://tssf.org.au/2011/08/11/happy-feast-day/feed/ 0 Seriously Joyful: Australian Tertiaries http://tssf.org.au/2009/11/16/seriously-joyful-australian-tertiaries/ http://tssf.org.au/2009/11/16/seriously-joyful-australian-tertiaries/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:09:12 +0000 Ted Witham http://tssf.org.au/?p=130 Minister Provincial, Ted Witham, has written an article based on questionnaires sent to Australian Tertiaries earlier in 2009.

Ted concludes that Australians are inspired by their Rule of Life to live ‘seriously joyful’ in the spirit of St Francis.

Click here to read the article.

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