The Friars Helping to Renew the Church, by Thomas Griffin

The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal are reviving faith in communities around the globe. The spirit of St. Francis of Assisi is alive and well in these friars and sisters of the renewal who radically live out the call of the Gospel while allowing the intensity of their life to flow from the humble gaze of Christ directed towards our hearts. This is lived out with a hyper-focus on the call of Christ and Francis to embrace the life of continual conversion and union with the Father. 

The CFRs portray truths to the world which are not often shown or spoken about. They are men of faith who convey the compassionate love of God to all they meet while standing in the truth and never wavering from it. They dress in grey robes and wear large rosaries, which hang from their rope belt; they shave their heads and grow beards, but they do every action intentionally with the focus on Jesus Christ: the way, the truth, and the life.   …