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Brother Rat’s May Report
In six days we set off for Convocation so I thought I had better start packing a bag. Well, I found one I thought might do and I was sitting on the couch with the bag busy deciding whether to pack a tasty Kiwi or some cheese or both when…
Brother Rat’s April Report
I let Helen share my rule and rule reports with her good friend from the TSSF and I got my very own email in reply. Oh such excitement! Dear Brother Rat, I should be shocked at your Rule, but have to admit that I see some rather startling similarities to…
Brother Rat’s Paschal Report
Living in a vegetarian household is really getting me down. No meat for months, I almost forgot what it tasted like! So late one night I quietly tip toed outside and trapped a hedgehog. I put it in a pot of water and cooked it up. Helen caught me at…
Open Registration is Now Live
General Registration for the Annual Chapter/Convocation is now open. If you are discerning a call to the community, this is an excellent opportunity to meet with members of the community, worship together and to learn how the Order functions. You can register by clicking here.
A Blessed and Happy Easter
On behalf of the whole Order, we wish you a Happy Easter. May these 50 days be a time of celebration and new life for you.
Chapter 2016 Important Documents
The annual Chapter and Convocation Meeting for 2016 will be held at Our Lady of Fatima Retreat Center in Indianapolis, IN. The program begins on the afternoon of Thursday, May 26th. Participants who arrive on Wednesday are invited to take time for silent prayer, or connecting with others in the…
Brother Rat’s (Belated) February Report
This month I went on a week long silent retreat with Helen in the Wairarapa. They not only did morning prayer each day but they did evening prayer as well every day. Praying twice a day! Whatever next? As if that wasn’t enough, Helen took me on some expeditions as…
Annual Servant’s Report to the Order
Peace and Good to Each and All. Lenten blessings…. In our proposed revised Statutes, Article V. A. 1.b.ii. reads: “Annual Discernment on Community Life and Witness: At any time, but especially during Lent, members of the Order are asked to prayerfully reflect upon the Life and Witness of our Order.…
Joint Committee on Franciscan Unity Report
A Report to the Minister and Chapter of the Order of Secular Franciscans (OFS), the Third Order, Province of the Americas, Society of St. Francis (TSSF), and the Order of Ecumenical Franciscans (OEF) October 7, 2015 Since its inception in February of 2004, the Joint Committee on Franciscan Unity has…
FAN Joins Br. Coyote at Arizona Forum on Food Justice, Faith and Climate Change
FAN is proud to be a part of an upcoming forum in Arizona on Food Justice, Faith and Climate Change. Coordinated and hosted by Gary Paul (Br. Coyote) Nabhan, who was recently named 2016 Distinguished Ethnobiologist, this forum offers participants workshops on a variety of topics related to…