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    Out of all of Our Franciscan Values which include, reverence the unique dignity of each person, encourage a trustful, prayerful community of learners, serve one another, society, and the Church, foster peace and justice, and respect creation. Although it took me a good portion of the semester, I believe that I fully recognize and understand the importance of these values as well as how they are put into play every single day here at USF. The core/human values that I have put into action this semester

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    Ado About Nothing, and Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare created multidimensional Franciscans who serve as wise and caring councilors, wisdom behind deceptions for the good of the protagonists, upholders of virtue,

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    Blanca Ramirez I'm using and planned to use the Franciscan Values in my life by helping out others like my family, teachers, co workers, bosses, my peers, and elders. Respect is an important value for me when it comes to everyone. I like to give and get respect. I will always respect everybody and they should do the same. I show respect by listening to others when they're talking. For example, when my teacher is giving a new lesson for that day, I give my undivided attention. When someone is having

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    Franciscan Values • Reverence the unique dignity of each person • Encourage a trustful, prayerful community of learners • Serve one another, society, and the Church • Foster peace and justice • Respect creation Only Football Players Should Be Paid Only football players should be paid to play their sport. Football programs bring in a huge amount of money for schools. This justifies why other school athletes should not be paid. The other athletic groups are usually supported by the revenue that football

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    St. Elizabeth’s Church, Ellerslie Avenue, in Baltimore City. Our formation director, who shall remain nameless, left the Order after losing an election. In 1983-84 we had many people seeking a deeper spiritual way of life, through the Secular Franciscan Order. At the time I was in initial formation, Mary Our Queen had two groups. Our group started before the second group, but they were professed first. We asked for more time to discern because we became aware of how serious a commitment we were

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    Alvernia University bases its beliefs in five Franciscan Core Values, one of which being peace-making, and it strives for its students to comply to these values. Alvernia offers service opportunities around the community, places on campus for individuals to be comfortable, and even clubs that promote fun activities for the students to get involved in. With all of this, Alvernia’s students are seen as good humanitarians in the Reading Area but all of this is contradicted at every sporting event

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    January Gathering, we will continue the tradition in the Franciscan Order the “Extraction of Saints”. All will receive the name of a Franciscan Saint, a scripture quote for meditation and his or her new prayer partner to pray for in the coming year. Often, the “Extraction of Saints” is accompanied by much joviality on the part of the fraternity – lots of “oohs” and – “ah’s” for the members who are lucky enough to be honored with a famous Franciscan saint – like St. Francis or St. Clare – as their patrons

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    Franciscan Tradition: Serving the community is one of the core values of the Franciscan Tradition, likewise it is equally important to the fire department. With dependence on Our Lord for guidance, the department will endeavor to serve all people with love, compassion, respect, and integrity. As a result, the department is often found educating the community in fire safety, specifically conducting fire drills, and delivering and installing smoke detectors to those in need. The department’s “Get

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    Why All San Franciscans Should Switch to CleanPowerSF Lawrence M. Ling Author Lawrence M. Ling is a Project Pull Mentor’s Assistant in the Policy and Government Affairs Team of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. He is an undergraduate student at the University of California: Los Angeles who majors in Political Science, and he strongly believes that CleanPowerSF is the best solution to the growing trend of global warming. Why should all residents in San Francisco switch to CleanPowerSF

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    In addition, I have also traveled to two Steubenville Church Youth Conferences in Steubenville, Ohio, where their focus is to bring high school students into a life changing relationship with God and serving those who serve them. According to the Franciscan University of Steubenville Summer Youth Conferences Handbook from 2012, discusses their central mission by stating that,” We were created to seek and know the truth and encounter the life of God. Therefore, we are committed to boldly proclaiming

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