 For Francis of Assisi, Jesus Christ is the model of minority. He emptied himself, taking the form of a slave. He became obedient to the point of death - even death on a cross (Phil. 2:7-8; Test. 19). Francis and Clare of Assisi personify minority for our multicultural and multiethnic contemporary world.
 "You call me Teacher and Lord--and you are right, for tha t is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them" ( John 13:13-17).
 The Seventh Plenary Council of the Order began on Monday, March 01, 2004 at the “Cristo Risorto” Capuchin Friary in Assisi. With snow falling outside, all the brothers came together in the friary chapel at 6.30 A.M. Br. Joseph Nacua, general definitor for Asia-Oceania as well as President of the preparatory commission for the VII PCO was the principal celebrant...
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