Francesco Collaborative

Inspired by Pope Francis’ Economy of Francesco movement, the Francesco Collaborative gathers Catholic investors and close associates to explore practices of “faith-first investing” that nurture economic futures rooted in solidarity and embody the prophetic edge of Catholic investing.

Decades ago, pioneering congregations of women religious made a bold decision to use their capital as a transformative force for good, rejecting a status quo of exploitative and extractive finance. We–the grateful inheritors of their vision for Catholic investing–are a community gathered and grounded by the Holy Spirit, which:

• Builds conviction, capacity, and companionship among those who long to live out a finance and investment practice rooted in this vision; and,
• Offers a space of hospitality and discovery for anyone seeking to explore the possibilities of capital as a force for good.

We are united as peers in building–each in our own way–an economy of solidarity, justice, repair, and ecological flourishing: an economy that breathes in the prophetic principles of Catholic social teaching.