Read our General Minister’s Letter Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Our Rule
We begin this Jubilee year celebrating the 40th anniversary of our OFS Rule with a letter from our General Minister addressed to all OFS all over the world!
Celebrate the Rule Cards – Week 8: Do I live the Gospel?
The eighth set of of cards CIOFS is publishing weekly to help us celebrate the 40th anniversary of our Rule.
Film recommendation: Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Jan Parker, our national minister, would like every Secular Franciscan to take any opportunity available to see the movie Pope Francis: A Man of His Word.
Celebrate the Rule Cards – Week 7: Do I strive for perfect charity?
The seventh set of of cards CIOFS is publishing weekly to help us celebrate the 40th anniversary of our Rule.
Celebrate the Rule with this new CIOFS video
CIOFS, our international fraternity, has prepared a special gift for us to help us celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Rule. It is a 12-minute video, entitled, “Forty years of the ‘New’ Rule. A Treasure for the OFS.”
Celebrate the Rule Cards – Week 6: Do I follow in the footsteps of Francis?
The sixth set of of cards CIOFS is publishing weekly to help us celebrate the 40th anniversary of our Rule.
Celebrate the Rule Cards – Week 5: Do I receive the body and blood of Jesus?
The fifth set of of cards CIOFS is publishing weekly to help us celebrate the 40th anniversary of our Rule.
May 2018 Minister’s Message – National Fraternity Elective Chapter
With the June 13th deadline for making nominations fast approaching, Jan Parker’s newest Minister’s Message reviews the key elements involved in National Fraternity Elective Chapters (the next of which takes place this coming October). These include:
- What are the essential aspects of a Chapter?
- What is the significance of […]
Deadline extended for OFS/FMS trip to Bolivia
The registration deadline for the Secular Franciscan trip to Bolivia has been extended to June 15.
Results of the General Chapter (CIOFS) – Conclusive Documents
"These documents are the ones that the International Fraternity intends to use as a basis of our work during the next three years. Therefore, it is very important, that each and every sister and brother…has the opportunity to study them."