Solemn Profession of Vows. Pictured from Left to right: Brother Nathan Meckey, T.O.R., Brother James Puglis, T.O.R., Very Rev. Richard Davis, T.O.R., Minister Provincial and Brother Jason Wooleyhan, T.O.R.
Friars of the Sacred Heart Province and Immaculate Conception Province gather together to celebrate Anniversaries of Religious Profession and Ordination.
On September 18, 2016 the postulants of the Third Order Regular Franciscans, Province of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus received the TAU cross as they begin their postulant year.
The TOR friars at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Sarasota, Florida, honored, for the first time, the Manatee County First Responders at the 10 o’clock Sunday Mass on September 11, 2016.
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On Saturday, August 21, 2016 three men arrived at Saint Bonaventure Friary in Loretto, Pennsylvania to begin their Postulancy with the Third Order Regular Franciscans, Province of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Postulancy is a nine month discernment period to prepare for the entrance into the Novitiate the formal beginning of Religious Life.
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The friars of the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis, Province of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus come to Loretto, Pennsylvania for their annual Province Gathering.
The Pardon of Assisi is also known as the Portiuncula Indulgence. In July of 1216, Francis prayed at the chapel of the Portiuncula in Assisi asking Jesus for a general pardon for all those who come to pray in the chapel dedicated to Our Lady. He wanted the salvation for all. On 2 August he announcedto all the faithful gathered, this indulgence in the name of Jesus and approved by the Pope, saying “Brothers, I want to send you all into Paradise.”
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Congratulations to Brother Daniel Maria Klimek, T.O.R, B.A., M.A., who received a Masters and Doctorate in Philosophy today from the Catholic University of America! His Dissertation with Distinction was entitled: Visionary Experiences Examined: Recent Scientific Studies of Extra Ordinary Religious Experiences and their Contribution to Spirituality – the Case of the Medjugorje Seers.
The Board of Trustees of the Franciscan School of Theology in Oceanside, California, are pleased to appoint Rev. Michael Joseph Higgins, TOR, as the eighth President of the school.
New President - Fr. Michael Higgins, T.O.R.
In 1847, nearly fifteen years before the Civil War, the bishop of Pittsburgh invited six Franciscan Friars from Ireland to establish a school in Loretto, Pennsylvania. The humble efforts of the friars would one day become Saint Francis University. In this short video Fr. Malachi Van Tassell, TOR (32nd SFU President) comments on how the Franciscan Friars continue to walk with Saint Francis students on their journey today.