Our next meeting will be on Sunday May 20th in room 3/6 from 2-5pm. Formation for Inquirers and Candidates will be from 1-2pm in rooms 4-5.

If you are interested in learning more about the Secular Franciscan Order, please feel free to come to a monthly meeting. You can find us here. 

Our next meeting will be on Sunday March 11th in room 3/6 from 2-5pm. Formation for Inquirers and Candidates will be from 1-2pm in rooms 4-5.

If you are interested in learning more about the Secular Franciscan Order, please feel free to come to a monthly meeting. You can find us here.

Born to the nobility. One of the first 12 followers of Saint Francis of Assisi, and first priest in the Franciscan Order. Sylvester once sold Francis stone to rebuild a church. A short while later, he saw Francis and Bernard of Quintavalle distributing Bernard’s wealth to the poor. Sylvester complained that he had been poorly paid for the stone, and asked for more money. Francis obliged. But the handful of money soon filled Sylvester with guilt. He sold his possessions, began a life of penance, and joined Francis‘ community. A holy and prayerful man, Sylvester travelled with Francis, and became his advisor. It was Sylvester and Clare who answered Francis‘ query with the response that he should serve God by going out...

Cardinal-designate Dolan of New York, and president of the USCCB has release a video regarding the attack on religious freedoms we are facing.

Please watch the video at the USCCB website here and take action.

I hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed Christmas!!

Agnes was the sister of St. Clare and her first follower. When Agnes left home two weeks after Clare’s departure, their family attempted to bring Agnes back by force. They tried to drag her out of the monastery, but all of a sudden her body became so heavy that several knights could not budge it. Her uncle Monaldo tried to strike her but was temporarily paralyzed. The knights then left Agnes and Clare in peace. Agnes matched her sister in devotion to prayer and in willingness to endure the strict penances which characterized their lives at San Damiano. In 1221 a group of Benedictine nuns in Monticelli (near Florence) asked to become Poor Clares. St. Clare sent Agnes to become abbess of that monastery. Agnes soon wrote...