As members of the Franciscan community,
we profess vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Poverty helps us to
live simple, uncluttered lives; chastity allows us to be single-minded
for the Kingdom of God; obedience permits God's will to have priority in
our lives.
The Franciscan Friars, TOR live in
community and continue the mission of Francis of Assisi through lives
of:
Conversion
The men of our fraternity are called to a
life of total and continuous conversion to the Gospel. We let the Lord
turn us around and shape our lives according to his Word.
Minority
Through a life of penance we conform
ourselves to Christ, the servant of God sent into the world.
Poverty
We follow the example of Francis of
Assisi by recognizing we are God's poor people who leave all for the
Gospel.
Contemplation
We are called to serve God's people
actively in the world, but also to keep a spirit of prayer. Our life is
at once active and contemplative. Both individually and communally,
prayer is the center of our life.
The friars of the Third Order Regular,
animated by the spirit of Franciscan joy and always prepared for
constant renewal, endeavor to spend all their energy in advancing the
Kingdom of God in the world. Our fraternal living provides a center
where we are nourished and strengthened so that we may go out and be of
service to the Church. At the same time, our service to the Church and
our concern for each other build fraternity in the Gospel values of
faith, hope and love.
In all that we do, we seek to serve the
needs of the Church.
We are:
Educators
in High Schools, College & University
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Parish Ministers
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Promoters of Church Renewal
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Campus Ministers
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Advocates of Social Justice
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Hospital Chaplains
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Foreign Missionaries
In
addition to being of service to the Church in the United States, our
friars also serve the people of God in other parts of the world.
Through our missionary activities we
serve where the needs of the people are staggering and the problems of
poverty, education and medical care are overwhelming. There is progress
in our mission because our Franciscan missionaries believe in the
reality of the prayer of Saint Francis, "Lord, where there is
despair, let me sow hope." We realize that preaching the Good News
of salvation is the vision of the Kingdom Of God to be achieved in all
throughout the world.
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