The Assisi Project
@assisiproject.com
A Fellowship of Franciscans in Spirit
Live the Gospel. Share God's Love. Rebuild the Church.
Maine - Massachusetts - Assisi
assisiproject.com
Live the Gospel. Share God's Love. Rebuild the Church.
Maine - Massachusetts - Assisi
assisiproject.com
"God, the refuge of the poor, denounces...the injustices committed against the weakest (17)." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor
January 12, 2026 at 2:07 PM
"God, the refuge of the poor, denounces...the injustices committed against the weakest (17)." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor
"Liars and those who swear falsely will have their reward in a lake of everlasting fire." #SaintPatrick
January 12, 2026 at 1:07 PM
"Liars and those who swear falsely will have their reward in a lake of everlasting fire." #SaintPatrick
"ICE has no legal authority to detain or arrest US citizens." #KnowYourRights #PrayForAmerica zeteo.com/p/what-to-do...
What to Do If ICE Shows Up: Know Your Rights
Here are five guidelines for how to respond if US federal immigration agents stop, approach you, or knock at your door.
zeteo.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:22 PM
"ICE has no legal authority to detain or arrest US citizens." #KnowYourRights #PrayForAmerica zeteo.com/p/what-to-do...
"We must state, without mincing words, that there is an inseparable bond between our faith and the poor. We must never abandon them (48)." #PopeFrancis #EvangeliiGaudium
January 11, 2026 at 4:06 PM
"We must state, without mincing words, that there is an inseparable bond between our faith and the poor. We must never abandon them (48)." #PopeFrancis #EvangeliiGaudium
"God has a special place in his heart for those who are discriminated against and oppressed, and he asks us, his Church, to make a decisive and radical choice in favor of the weakest (16)." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #LiveTheGospel #RememberThePoor #WelcomeTheStranger
January 11, 2026 at 1:05 PM
"God has a special place in his heart for those who are discriminated against and oppressed, and he asks us, his Church, to make a decisive and radical choice in favor of the weakest (16)." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #LiveTheGospel #RememberThePoor #WelcomeTheStranger
"If they had the numbers, they could just vote. They don’t have the numbers. That’s why they’re destroying democracy. Because democracy counts. And when you count, they lose. This is why they’re desperate. This is why the violence is escalating." www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/there-are-...
There Are More of Us Than There Are of Them
A sermon for those who think they’re alone
www.notesfromthecircus.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:56 AM
"If they had the numbers, they could just vote. They don’t have the numbers. That’s why they’re destroying democracy. Because democracy counts. And when you count, they lose. This is why they’re desperate. This is why the violence is escalating." www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/there-are-...
This weekend in our home parish: "We pray for our nation and its leaders. May the Holy Spirit guide them to pursue justice without cruelty; security without violence; and laws that reflect God's love and compassion. We pray to the Lord." #PrayTogether #PrayForAmerica
January 10, 2026 at 11:11 PM
This weekend in our home parish: "We pray for our nation and its leaders. May the Holy Spirit guide them to pursue justice without cruelty; security without violence; and laws that reflect God's love and compassion. We pray to the Lord." #PrayTogether #PrayForAmerica
"Where [Renee Good's] killing is concerned, [JD Vance] gives no sign of his respect for her free will or her life. Neither does he show any compassion for her family. Simply because he disagrees with her, he seems to say her killing was acceptable." #PrayForAmerica religionnews.com/2026/01/09/a...
After Renee Good, are you really going to keep pretending Trump and Vance are pro-life?
(RNS) — The deeds of the Trump administration have stood in sharp contrast to the reassuring words they have offered to religious believers.
religionnews.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:59 PM
"Where [Renee Good's] killing is concerned, [JD Vance] gives no sign of his respect for her free will or her life. Neither does he show any compassion for her family. Simply because he disagrees with her, he seems to say her killing was acceptable." #PrayForAmerica religionnews.com/2026/01/09/a...
"This is going to get much worse." #PrayForAmerica newrepublic.com/post/205122/...
In ICE’s Own Words, It’s “Wartime” in America
ICE just launched a “wartime recruitment” campaign and seeks agents who want to “defend” their “culture.” There will be more Renee Goods.
newrepublic.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:35 PM
"This is going to get much worse." #PrayForAmerica newrepublic.com/post/205122/...
"Be confident in making your needs known to one another. For each of you, to the extent that God gives you grace, should love and nourish one another as a mother loves and nourishes a child." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #LiveTheGospel #LoveEachOther
January 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
"Be confident in making your needs known to one another. For each of you, to the extent that God gives you grace, should love and nourish one another as a mother loves and nourishes a child." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi #LiveTheGospel #LoveEachOther
“Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole." #NicoleGood #PrayForAmerica www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Renee Nicole Good said ‘I’m not mad at you’ before ICE agent shot her, video shows
Clip first posted by partisan outlet Alpha News shows perspective of ICE agent as Good was fatally shot
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:22 AM
“Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole." #NicoleGood #PrayForAmerica www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"Nowhere is this clearer than in the Book of Acts, where disobedience to authority is presented as an act of Christian faithfulness." #PrayForAmerica religionnews.com/2026/01/08/c...
Contrary to Hegseth's military demands, Christianity requires disobedience against corruption
(RNS) — If Hegseth wants a military force shaped by Christian values — a contradiction in itself — he shouldn’t expect absolute compliance.
religionnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:36 PM
"Nowhere is this clearer than in the Book of Acts, where disobedience to authority is presented as an act of Christian faithfulness." #PrayForAmerica religionnews.com/2026/01/08/c...
"A nation does not renew itself by force. It renews itself when enough people decide that moral exile is unacceptable — and that dignity, once reclaimed, must be defended in public." #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...
Editorial: We are in moral exile. We must resist.
Authoritarianism thrives on resignation. This is why the most urgent task before us is not simply political opposition, but moral recovery. We must relearn what it means to be a people capable of nonv...
www.ncronline.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
"A nation does not renew itself by force. It renews itself when enough people decide that moral exile is unacceptable — and that dignity, once reclaimed, must be defended in public." #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...
“The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined." #PopeLeoXIV #PrayForPeace www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope raises alarm over human rights and a spreading “zeal for war” - Vatican News
Meeting members of the Diplomatic Corps, Pope Leo XIV warns that human rights and freedoms are under strain as diplomacy gives way to the logic of ...
www.vaticannews.va
January 9, 2026 at 12:07 PM
“The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined." #PopeLeoXIV #PrayForPeace www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
“The consistent practice of nonviolence has broken barriers, bound wounds, healed nations.” #PopeFrancis #ResistViolence
January 9, 2026 at 3:10 AM
“The consistent practice of nonviolence has broken barriers, bound wounds, healed nations.” #PopeFrancis #ResistViolence
"Vance knows that only God can take life. Vance knows that protesting, fleeing or even interfering in an #ICE investigation does not carry a death sentence. Vance knows that lying and killing are sins. Vance knows. He doesn't care." #PrayForAmeroca www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 8, 2026 at 11:06 PM
"Vance knows that only God can take life. Vance knows that protesting, fleeing or even interfering in an #ICE investigation does not carry a death sentence. Vance knows that lying and killing are sins. Vance knows. He doesn't care." #PrayForAmeroca www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...
"Before all else, the Gospel invites us to respond to the God of love who saves us, to see God in others, and to go forth from ourselves to seek the good of others. Under no circumstances can this invitation be obscured!" #PopeFrancis #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove #LoveEachOther
January 8, 2026 at 4:48 PM
"Before all else, the Gospel invites us to respond to the God of love who saves us, to see God in others, and to go forth from ourselves to seek the good of others. Under no circumstances can this invitation be obscured!" #PopeFrancis #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove #LoveEachOther
"Guard against all pride, vanity, envy, and avarice, along with the cares and worries of this world, detraction, and complaining." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi
January 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM
"Guard against all pride, vanity, envy, and avarice, along with the cares and worries of this world, detraction, and complaining." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi
"We are inextricably interdependent as humans, as neighbors...The greatest form of sin is feeling like we are separate from other people.” #PrayForAmerica religionnews.com/2026/01/07/m...
Minneapolis clergy exposed to pepper-spray after rushing to scene of deadly ICE shooting
(RNS) — ‘There was a request for clergy to show up’ at the scene, said one Minneapolis minister. ‘I was out the door.’
religionnews.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:51 PM
"We are inextricably interdependent as humans, as neighbors...The greatest form of sin is feeling like we are separate from other people.” #PrayForAmerica religionnews.com/2026/01/07/m...
"The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny." #Aesop #PrayForAmerica
January 8, 2026 at 12:38 AM
"The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny." #Aesop #PrayForAmerica
We pray for the soul of Renee Nicole Good. #PrayTogether #PrayForAmerica www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
‘She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.
www.startribune.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:54 PM
We pray for the soul of Renee Nicole Good. #PrayTogether #PrayForAmerica www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
"They’re sowing chaos on our streets and in this case quite literally killing people.” #PrayForAmerica apnews.com/article/minn...
Minneapolis mayor says ICE officer's killing of a motorist was 'reckless' and wasn't self-defense
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot and killed a motorist acted recklessly and rejected federal officials claims that the officer had acted in se...
apnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:07 PM
"They’re sowing chaos on our streets and in this case quite literally killing people.” #PrayForAmerica apnews.com/article/minn...
"Let your discourse be brief because the Lord's words were few when he was upon this earth." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi
January 7, 2026 at 4:53 PM
"Let your discourse be brief because the Lord's words were few when he was upon this earth." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi
"Let us pray that praying with the Word of God be nourishment for our lives and a source of hope in our communities, helping us to build a more fraternal and missionary Church." #PopeLeoXIV #PrayTogether www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope’s January prayer intention: For prayer with the Word of God - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for January, and invites everyone to join his monthly prayer intentions under the new “Pray with the Pope” ...
www.vaticannews.va
January 7, 2026 at 1:30 PM
"Let us pray that praying with the Word of God be nourishment for our lives and a source of hope in our communities, helping us to build a more fraternal and missionary Church." #PopeLeoXIV #PrayTogether www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...