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Our Adult Faith Formation Advisory Committee continues to provide creative and informative opportunities for the adults of our parish to deepen and enrich their faith. Our parish provides meeting space and staff support to groups that serve a variety of adult faith formation needs and experiences.

We have two trained spiritual directors and also provide space and support to individuals interning in nationally-recognized Spiritual Direction Training Programs.

For more information please contact Sr. Peggy Chambers, Pastoral Associate, at:
(916) 443-8084 x103 or PeggyC@stfrancisparish.com.


Franciscans at the Edge: Audio
Ingrid J. Peterson, OSF "Secular Saints Then & Now"
with Ingrid J. Peterson, OSF
Audio Options: Podcast, RSS Feed, MP3, CD

Join Sr. Ingrid as she explores the stories of some of the lay women and men in the Franciscan tradition and discover how their intense holiness becomes a model for our time. Listen and be inspired by their lives, their passions and their struggles

Ingrid J. Peterson, OSF, is a Third Order Franciscan from Rochester, MN, and an internationally-known and respected Franciscan scholar, teacher and speaker, whose books include "Clare of Assisi: A Biographical Study" and "Praying with Clare of Assisi" (co-authored with Ramona Miller, OSF). She was the first woman to be awarded the Franciscan Medal from the Franciscan Institute for her contribution to Franciscan Studies.

If you were unable to join us for the 9/22/07 session with Sr. Ingrid, you can listen to audio recordings from the session.

We have Podcast, RSS Feed, and MP3 Audio options for listening.

CD Available: We also have the audio recordings available on CD for $10.
Note: the CD is compatible with most computers and some DVD players.
Please contact Sr. Peggy (916) 443-8084 x103 for more information.

Thank You to Adult Faith Formation Advisory Committee member Debra Clingingsmith for volunteering her time and talent to record the presentation.

Thank You to parishioner Brett Owens for volunteering his technical expertise and time to convert the recording into MP3 format so that we can all enjoy this presentation.

Podcast with 9/22/07 Session:

Our parish has a podcast that you can access using the iTunes digital media player*. The podcast features the 9/22/07 "Franciscans on the Edge" session.

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    RSS Feed with 9/22/07 Session:

    Our parish has an RSS feed that you can access using a podcatcher or online news reader*. The RSS feed features the 9/22/07 "Franciscans on the Edge" session.

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    Close Encounters of the Spirit Kind: Audio
    "An Introduction to the Gospel of Luke" and
    "The Active Presence of Women"
    with Ann Denham, M. Div.
    Audio Options: Podcast, RSS Feed, MP3, CD

    Part 1 - "An Introduction to the Gospel of Luke":
    in this lively session, scripture scholar Ann Denham, M. Div. explores encounters with angels, the Visitation, and the Road to Emmaus.

    Part 2 - "The Active Presence of Women in the Ministry of Jesus":
    in this session, scripture scholar Ann Denham, M. Div., explores themes found in the Gospel of Luke.

    If you were unable to join us for our 11/29/06 and 3/28/07 sessions with Ann Denham, you can listen to audio recordings from both sessions.

    We have Podcast, RSS Feed, and MP3 Audio options for listening.

    CD Available: We also have both audio recordings available on CD for $10.
    Note: the CD is compatible with most computers and some DVD players.
    Please contact Sr. Peggy (916) 443-8084 x103 for more information.

    Thank You to Adult Faith Formation Advisory Committee member Debra Clingingsmith for volunteering her technical expertise and time to prepare these recordings so that we can all enjoy these presentations.

    Podcast with 11/29/06 and 3/28/07 Sessions:

    Our parish has a podcast that you can access using the iTunes digital media player*. The podcast features both sessions of this series:
    "Luke: Close Encounters of the Spirit Kind"
    "Luke: The Active Presence of Women"

    *Note: You will need to have the iTunes digital media player installed.

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    RSS Feed with 11/29/06 and 3/28/07 Sessions:

    Our parish has an RSS feed that you can access using a podcatcher or online news reader*. The RSS feed features both sessions of this series:
    "Luke: Close Encounters of the Spirit Kind"
    "Luke: The Active Presence of Women"

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    Luke: Close Encounters of the Spirit Kind
    11/29/06 Session
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    2009 Summer Film Festival DVDs
    Theme: The Gospel Way of Active Non-violence
    The four films screened at this year's Summer Film Festival are now available for checkout in the Parish Library.

    Titles include: Romero, Brothers, Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, and The Singing Revolution.

    Discussion questions are also available with the DVDs.

    Movie Titles/Summaries:

    • Romero
      Romero Archbishop Oscar Romero stands between 1980s El Salvador's ruling military elite and a band of Marxist guerillas as a man with a simple demand: freedom and justice for all people. He braces for violence from both factions with quiet resolve and follows the way iof the non-violent Jesus. The film based on real events, was shot on location in Mexico. (English)




    • Brothers
      Brothers This poignant drama was chosen as winner of the Sundance Film Festival's World Cinema Dramatic Audience Prize. Michael has a successful military career, a beautiful wife and two daughters. His younger brother Jannik, in contrast, is a drifter, living on the edge of the law. When Michael is sent to Afghanistan on a UN mission, the balance between the two brothers changes forever. (Sub-titled)



    • Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
      Sophie Scholl: The Final Days Arrested for participating in the White Rose resistance movement, anti-Nazi activist Sophie Scholl is subjected to a highly charged interrogation by the Gestapo, testing her loyalty to her cause, her family and her convictions. Based on true events, this absorbing Oscar-nominated drama explores maintaining human resolve in the face of intense pressure from a system determined to silence whistle-blosers. (Sub-titled)


    • The Singing Revolution
      The Singing Revolution This moving documentary recounts Estonia's fight for independence from Soviet occupation, telling the remarkable story of the hundreds of thousands of protestors who gathered in public to voice their dissent through song. After 50 years of rule by the oppressive Soviet regime, the people of Estonia gave life to a grassroots movement for change by staging passionate rallies and signing forbidden patriotic songs. The thrill of this documentary is in the remarkable story of the "Little Country That Could." Full of rousing folk music, the film is narrated by Linda Hunt. (English)

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    2008 Summer Film Festival DVDs
    Theme: Who is My Neighbor? The Human Face of Globalization
    The four films screened at this year's Summer Film Festival are now available for checkout in the Parish Library.

    Titles include: The Beauty Academy of Kabul, El Norte, God Grew Tired of Us, and Earth.

    Discussion questions are also available with the DVDs.

    Movie Titles/Summaries:

    • The Beauty Academy of Kabul
      The Beauty Academy of Kabul The opening of a beauty school in Afghanistan is a gift to the women of a city slowly emerging from brutal Taliban repression. An American woman provides the Afghan women this opportunity to earn a living, and the film records their unpredictable and humorous journey towards mutual respect and understanding. (PG, English)




    • El Norte
      El Norte In search of the American Dream, a young brother and sister journey from a small village in Guatemala through Mexico to Los Angeles. While acknowledging the political realities of Latin America, El Norte is not a "political" film. It tells its story through the eyes of Rosa and Enrique, who are neither condescended to nor glorified. (PG, English)



    • God Grew Tired of Us
      God Grew Tired of UsWinner of a Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, the film focuses on the plight of the Lost Boys of Sudan-the tens of thousands of young men who were separated from their families, often mudered, during that nation's horrific civil war. In this affecting documentary, three Sudanese men struggle to adjust to life in the United States. As the men settle into their new lives, they deal with loneliness and feelings of guilt over the lost boys left behind. This beautiful and uplifting film illustrates the power of human beings to transcend profound suffering to a new life of compassion and joy. (PG, English)

    • Earth
      EarthAn emotionally devastating love story set within the sweeping social upheaval of India in 1947, when the country was divided into modern-day India and Pakistan. Told through the eyes of an eight-year-old girl. Religious conflicts between Hindus and Moselms simmer and threaten to tear the country apart. Friendships and loyalty are put to the test in this tale of love and ultimate betrayal.

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    2007 Summer Film Festival DVDs
    Theme: Suffer the Little Children
    The four films screened at this year’s Summer Film Festival are now available for checkout in the Parish Library.

    The theme of this year’s offerings was “Suffer the Little Children.” Titles include: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, Born into Brothels, Not One Less;, and Jesus Camp.

    Discussion questions are also available with the DVDs.

    Movie Titles/Summaries:

    • The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio
      The Prize Winner of
			Defiance Ohio With ten children to feed, postwar Ohio housewife Evelyn Ryan (Julianne Moore) has gotten used to being resourceful, stretching her husband’s meager salary to the limit. But when clipping coupons won’t cut it, she’s forced to rely on her creativity and enters a jingle-writing contest for extra income. Woody Harrelson and Laura Dern co-star in this uncommon comedy-drama based on a heartwarming memoir by Ryan’s daughter, Terry. (PG-13)



    • Born Into Brothels
      Born Into Brothels This Oscar-winning documentary is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in Calcutta’s red-light district, where their mothers work as prostitutes. Spurred by the kids’ fascination with her camera, Zana Briski, a photographer documenting life in the brothels, decides to teach them photography. As they begin to look at and record their world through new eyes, the kids awaken to their own talents and sense of worth. (R)


    • Not One Less
      Not One Less Master Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou turns his lens on the travails of modern China’s peasants. Wei is a 13-year-old girl pressed into serving as a substitute teacher in the school where she just graduated. To assist her in this task, she is supplied with one piece of chalk for every day the teacher will be away. And she gets strict instructions: Since the school’s subsidy depends on its head count, she is to return the full class to the teacher— ”not one less. But when a student leaves for the city, she follows and strives relentlessly to bring him back. (G)

    • Jesus Camp
      Jesus Camp This riveting Oscar-nominated documentary offers an unfiltered look at a revivalist subculture where devout Christian youngsters are being primed to deliver the fundamentalist community’s religious and political messages. Building an evangelical army of tomorrow, the Kids on Fire summer camp in Devil’s Lake, N.D., is dedicated to deepening the preteens’ spirituality and sowing the seeds of political activism as they’re exhorted to “take back America for Christ.” (PG-13)


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    2007 Lent Retreat: Audio
    Fr. Ben Innes, OFM "God, Grace & Growth – Not Guilt: Our Lenten Journey"
    with Fr. Ben Innes, OFM
    Audio Options: Podcast, RSS Feed, MP3, CD

    “Lent is a time for us to reconnect with our spiritual self and to grow,” says Fr. Ben Innes, O.F.M. Fr. Ben has served 9 years as retreat director for Mission San Luis Rey and 6 years at the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, AZ.

    Through his retreats, Fr. Ben seeks “to free people from guilt, to open them up to God’s unlimited love” so that they can “love not fear God” and “be open to God’s plan for each of us.”

    If you were unable to join us for our 3/12-3/15 Lenten Retreat with Fr. Ben, you can listen to audio recordings from all four sessions (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).

    We have Podcast, RSS Feed, and MP3 Audio options for listening.

    CD Available: We also have all four audio recordings available on CD for $10.
    Note: the CD is compatible with most computers and some DVD players.
    Please contact Sr. Peggy (916) 443-8084 x103 for more information.

    Thank You to Adult Faith Formation Advisory Committee member Debra Clingingsmith for volunteering her technical expertise and time to prepare these recordings so that we can all join Fr. Ben for a joyful Lenten experience.

    Podcast with all Four Sessions (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday):

    Our parish has a podcast that you can access using the iTunes digital media player*. The podcast features all four sessions of the 2007 Lenten Retreat.

    *Note: You will need to have a podcatcher or online news reader.

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    RSS Feed with all Four Sessions (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday):

    Our parish has an RSS feed that you can access using a podcatcher or online news reader*. The RSS feed features all four sessions of the 2007 Lenten Retreat.

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    Lenten Retreat
    Monday 3/12 Session
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    Lenten Retreat
    Tuesday 3/13 Session
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    Lenten Retreat
    Wednesday 3/14 Session
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    2006 Mini-Retreat: Audio
    Br. Bill Short, OFM "Poverty & Joy: The Franciscan Tradition"
    with Bill Short, OFM
    Audio Options: Podcast, RSS Feed, MP3, CD

    Taking his book, “Poverty & Joy: The Franciscan Tradition”, as a starting point, Br. Bill Short, OFM led a Mini-Retreat for our parish on Franciscan spirituality, reflecting on such themes as the Incarnation, poverty as a way to God, suffering and healing, and creation–humanity & nature–in harmony.

    Br. Bill Short, OFM is on the faculty of the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley. He is a scholar equally comfortable in the fields of spirituality, Christian history and the Franciscan tradition, as well as a popular leader of retreats and workshops.

    If you were unable to join us for our 10/14/2006 Mini-Retreat with Br. Bill, you can listen to audio recordings from the Morning and Evenings sessions.

    We have Podcast, RSS Feed, and MP3 Audio options for listening.

    CD Available: We also have both audio recordings available on CD for $10.
    Note: the CD is compatible with most computers and some DVD players.
    Please contact Sr. Peggy (916) 443-8084 x103 for more information.

    Thank You to Adult Faith Formation Advisory Committee member Debra Clingingsmith for volunteering her technical expertise and time to prepare the recordings so that we can all listen to Br. Bill's very informative and down-to-earth explanation of what Franciscan's believe.

    Podcast with 10/14/06 Morning and Evening Sessions:

    Our parish has a podcast that you can access using the iTunes digital media player*. The podcast features both sessions of the 2006 Mini-Retreat:
    "Morning Session "
    "Evening Session"

    *Note: You will need to have the iTunes digital media player installed.

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    RSS Feed with 10/14/06 Morning and Evening Sessions:

    Our parish has an RSS feed that you can access using a podcatcher or online news reader*. The RSS feed features both sessions of the 2006 Mini-Retreat:
    "Morning Session "
    "Evening Session"

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    2006 Mini-Retreat
    Morning Session
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    2006 Summer Film Festival DVDs
    movie film reel The DVDs from the 2006 Summer Film Festival screenings are now available for checkout in the Parish Library: Black Robe, The Ninth Day, The Apostle, The Long Walk Home, The Passion of Joan of Arc.

    Discussion questions are included.


    Movie Summaries:

    • Black Robe
      In 1634, Jesuit Missionary Fr. Laforgue arrives in the Canadian wilderness to convert the Hurons and Algonquins. On a journey up the St. Lawrence River, a devastating chain of events causes Laforgue to question his beliefs and forever changes the Huron and Algonquin way of life. (R)



    • The Ninth Day
      The Ninth Day movie poster During World War II, Fr. Kremer is released from the Dachau concentration camp and sent home to Luxembourg. He soon learns that he has nine days to convince the Bishop of Luxembourg to stop his show of resistance to the Nazi occupiers. If he fails, he will be transported to a death camp in the East. Based on a true story. (NR)



    • The Apostle
      Robert Duvall When charismatic but troubled Pentecostal Preacher Eulis “Sonny” Dewey (Robert Duvall) discovers his wife is having an affair and planning to steal his church, he puts the other man in a coma and flees, staying one step ahead of the law, taking on a new name, renovating an old church and bringing new life to his congregation. Written by Duvall, The Apostle deals honestly with a subject both spiritual and complex. (PG)



    • The Long Walk Home
      Sissy Spacek and Whoopi Goldberg Sissy Spacek stars as Miriam Thompson, a Montgomery, Alabama housewife who finds herself in the middle of a civil rights revolution during the historic bus boycott of the 1950s. Her African-American maid, Odessa (Whoopi Goldberg) is forced to walk the nine miles to the Thompson house and back. When Miriam learns this, she volunteers to give Odessa a ride, to the dismay and ultimate outrage of her husband and social circle. (PG)



    • The Passion of Joan of Arc
      scene from The Passion of Joan of Ark Widely considered one of the greatest movies of all time, this stunning, emotional drama recounts the events surrounding Joan’s 1431 heresy trial, burning at the stake and subsequent martyrdom. Maria Valconetti gives a haunting performance as the young French saint. The film’s original version (1928), thought to have been lost in a fire, was miraculously found in perfect condition in 1981. (NR)



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    Conscious Living For Men
    2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month
    7:00-9:00pm in the Assisi Room

    The men at St. Francis Parish are invited to explore their lives and the lives of those around them as spiritual quests into the mystery of being, and to serve our community with a deeper love and understanding.

    Assisi Room is located in Brunsman Hall (behind the Church).

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    St. Francis Lending Library
    Thursdays: 12:30PM-2:30PM
    1st & 3rd Sunday of each month: 8:30-11:30AM

    Looking for a Good Book? The St. Francis Library is open every Friday from Noon to 3PM and on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month from 8:30-11:30AM.

    During these times, a library volunteer is available to help you with your reading selection. The rest of the time, the Library is open on a self-service basis whenever the Parish Center offices are open (M-F: 8AM-5PM).

    The library is located in the Parish Center (across K Street from the Church).
    All are welcome!

    What's New in the Library? For Children: Looking for some help explaining the Mass and sacraments to your children? Check out the Parish Library, especially “Teaching Children about the Catholic Faith,” a bibliography of books and DVDs available in our library.

    Books Free to a Good Home: The parish library has some surplus books available for free! Please stop by the library if you would like to take a look.

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  • Library Catalog PDF icon (revised 8/16/07)


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