PPT-Ritual of the Secular Franciscan

Order International Franciscan Liturgical Commission Benet A Fonck OFM General Spiritual Assistant Chairman and Editor 1985 History Early 20 th century only English version was from . PHILIP KITCHER. DEWEY AND JAMES REVISITED. JAMES’ CENTRAL PROBLEM: RECONCILING SCIENCE AND RELIGION. FOR DEWEY THIS IS . ONE. PROBLEM.. ONE TASK ARISING WITHIN THE PROJECT OF DEVELOPING A LIBERAL, DEMOCRATIC WORLD-VIEW. Ritual. “any repeated, ordered, patterned and shared behavior” . as “. imaginative and interpretive act[s] through which we express and create meaning”. . --Anderson and Foley. . Ritual. Helps us get through anxiety of transitions. S. tagnation. : . A . D. ifferent. . P. erspective. Luk. as. Kovanda, Ph.D., Chie. f Economist. , . Roklen. Fin. Lukas Kovanda, Ph.D., . Roklen. Fin: Secular Stagnation: A Different . P. erspective, Free Market Roadshow 2015, Prague, 16/4. Birth. A . detailed series of life-cycle rituals (. samskara. , or refinements) mark major transitions in the life of the individual. . Especially . orthodox Hindu families may invite Brahman priests to their homes to officiate at these rituals, complete with sacred fire and recitations of mantras. Cleansing oneself with water to bring about physical cleanliness is as old as human history. The transition from water as a means to achieve physical cleanliness to water as a means of achieving spiritual cleanliness is not a huge one. In ancient Babylon, water was used as a means of spiritual cleansing by the cult of Enki. In ancient Greece, a bath in the sanctuary of Trophonion was believed to provide immortality to the initiate undergoing the ritual. There are many other examples of water as a method for spiritual cleansing in many ancient religions.  The events that take place in our everyday lives are described as . “rituals”..   . These . rituals that are talked about are made to sound like the culture that partakes in such things is crazy.. There are different kinds of spiritual gifts. but the same Spirit; there are different. forms of service but the same Lord; there. are different workings but the same God. who produces all of them in everyone. . Local Church/State Activism. By Amanda Scott. The movement behind ‘In God We Trust’. In . 2002, . Bakersfield Council member . Jacquie Sullivan . pushed the Council to display 'In . God We Trust' in the council chambers at City . Order. International Franciscan Liturgical Commission,. Benet A Fonck, O.F.M.. General Spiritual Assistant, Chairman and Editor. 1985. History. Early 20. th. century – only English version was from . • religion non-elective. • religion not revealed. • role of ancestral custom (. nomos. ). • religion public, rarely private. • religion non-eschatological. • focus on practice, not belief (orthopraxy). 1. The Rule of 1978 (The Pauline Rule). Reinforces the nature of our “Order”. “Secular” Franciscan. We are Christ-Like and in the world. Return to the principles of the Founder (St. Francis). Major Sources:. Rossano. , M.J. (2013) . Mortal rituals: What the story of the Andes survivors tells us about human evolution. . New York: Columbia University Press. . Rossano. , M.J. (2010). . Supernatural selection: How religion evolved. . , handouts, discussions, . and information presented at the 2016 NAFRA Formation Workshop.. BELONGING. Ordo Franciscanus Saecularis. Belonging to the order. Acceptance , Affinity, Association, Attachment,. Ritual is widespread in the animal kingdom where cautious communication is required. Deep evolutionary history. Primate social rituals. As highly social creatures primates have a wealth of social rituals.