Commitment

Called to conversion and transformation, we will grow
     intentionally in our knowledge and experience of
     Franciscan spirituality and contemplation.

To live our corporate mission of active nonviolence and
     peacemaking and to answer our prophetic Franciscan
     call to be messengers of God’s peace,

WE WILL …

Live more fully as sisters and brothers with each other
     and with creation;

Be accountable to one another as an expression of our
     common life;

Study, discuss, and experience various modes of
     common prayer;

Expand and extend our Clinton Franciscan family;

Integrate our personal and communal Franciscan
     spirituality with our mission of active nonviolence
     and peacemaking;

Allocate resources to the Center for Active Nonviolence
     and Peacemaking to facilitate coordination,
     collaboration, integration, and internal and external
     communication;

Initiate the formation of experimental peace
     communities and/or ministries;

Respond to the gospel call by relating as sister and
     brother with persons who are economically poor
     and/or marginalized;

Care for our earth by practicing and promoting
     conservation, mindful consumption, and by
     working toward a sustainable way of living.

Affirmed: July 22, 2008, The Canticle, Clinton, Iowa