In a New York Times photo of Tansi Ibisi, his eyes say it all. The Franciscan novice was looking out the window of St. Crispin Friary chapel in the South Bronx, wearing a gray knit skull cap, gray sweater, and hooded gray habit. The photo was taken for a 2008 article about the nourishment that the Community of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (CFR) have been providing to New Yorkers since 1987, a mission which has since spread to over a dozen friaries in several countries.
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We participate in Christ’s renewal of all things through our prayer, fraternal life, service of the poor, and evangelisation, as a complement to the work of those whose mission is to serve parochially.
