Some thoughts on Anglican Franciscanism - part two
Charlie McCarron TSSF from the USA is now an Episcopalian Third Order member. He was Catholic and is deeply rooted in the Franciscan tradition from both the Catholic and Episcopalian viewpoint. He is a bit of an intellectual – he has done studying and lecturing on this stuff and is really good value. He was elected Minister Provincial for the Americas shortly after IPTOC. Good choice Americas. You can find other videos of his here . He continued looking at some important aspects of the church environment at the time of St Francis, exploring some of the context out of which Franciscanism grew, and which still informs our charism today. Francis was much less the maverick we sometimes make him out to be but was shaped by and shaped the tradition that was going on around him. Charlie focussed this session on: Action and contemplation in the early Franciscan source. He began by suggesting that the key concepts for early Franciscans were: solitude, fraternity (he said it was hard to find