Next Meeting
Divine Mercy Secular Franciscan Fraternity, will meet on Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 2:00 PM at
St. Helen Church's South Room
(Christian Living Center)
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New pictures at our last meeting
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Let us pray for the deceased
members of our fraternity:
Jean Kurtz, SFO • Marcella Richard, SFO •
Trudy Thomas, SFO • George F. Thomas, SFO • Jennie M. Donlin, SFO • Julie McHugh, SFO
• Jeremiah Carey, SFO
May they rest in Peace!
Ancient Hymn to a dying Christian
Divine Mercy
Fraternity
"The Canticle" (Index)
Come Pray the Rosary Now (offline)
The Spirit of Service
Brief Reflections on Art. 14
by Donna Haro, SFO
AMAZON RELIEF SFO PRESENTATION
Dear Franciscan brothers and sisters of the East Central Area of the Five Franciscan Martyrs Region:
A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to each of you! On Sunday February 5, 2012, The St. Francis of Assisi Fraternity in Apopka Florida will be hosting a presentation by Jim Flickinger SFO on the Amazon Relief project in Brazil.
About twelve years ago, Amazon Relief began working with the "Mauazinho" residents and the Franciscan priests who serve there to assure the children in that area of a better future. "Mauazindo" is a community known as " THE GREEN HELL" region of the Amazon in Brazil. It is also home to 45, 000 lepers who live there. There is nothing more "Franciscan" than working with lepers. It was a major conversion factor in the life of our holy Father Francis. So please come and listen and see the wonderful work our brother Jim Flickinger SFO is doing there.
Our meeting begins at 12:30 PM. Jim's presentation will begin at 1:30 PM. The St. Francis of Assisi Church in Apopka Florida is located at 834 S Orange Blossom Trail, Apopka, Fl 32703. So please pass this information on to your fraternity members and anyone else who might be interested. There is " NO" fee and light refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP with me at this E-mail address: wardiea@aol.com
May our Lord give you His peace,
Allen Ward SFO
Interesting Observation by the Holy Father
DIFFICULTIES AND HOPES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AMERICA
Divine Office. org
Now with media/sound
Priests for Life
Franciscan Archive
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Fraternity Newsletters‡ or Websites
Region 51 • Florida
- El Encuentro Fraternity, Lake Wales FL
- St. Clare Fraternity, Naples
- St. Michael the Archangel Fraternity, Tampa
- St. Anthony of Padua Fraternity, Boynton Beach
- St. Anthony of Padua Fraternity, Pensacola, FL
- St. Anthony of Padua
Fraternity, St. Petersburg
- St. Bernard Fraternity, Sunrise
- St. Maximilian Kolbe Fraternity, Cape Coral, Ft. Myers
- Portiuncula
Fraternity, Bradenton-Sarasota,
- Solanus Casey Fraternity, Venice
- Stigmata of St.
Francis Fraternity, Sarasota
- St. Francis of
Assisi Fraternity, Dunedin
- St. Peter/San Damiano
SFO Community, Summerfield
- Divine Mercy Fraternity, Vero Beach
(see left)
- Little Flock Fraternity, Fairhope, AL
(links with cities in blue do not have their own website);
‡ fraternity newsletters are published "as is" - fraternity of origin should remove any personal data before sending newsletter to webmaster.
Reminder: There's a great amount of information in these Resource Files - feel free to browse!
Evangelization
From our National Minister
Beloved National Family,
As all of us know, we are experiencing language changes in how we celebrate Mass. I am absolutely certain that it is still the same Lord and Savior that I receive at Holy Communion.
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| Explanation of Acronyms we use:
OFS = Ordo
Franciscanus Saecularis
This is the official name of the Order; but similar to all other orders, we use the English translation: Secular Franciscan Order.
Professed members may use the acronym 'OFS' after their last names.
(SFO, the former acronym is no longer in use)
CIOFS = Consilium Internationale Ordo
Franciscanus Saecularis
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translates to: International Council [of the] Secular Franciscan Order
| We do not anticipate a change in the name of this website: franciscan-sfo.org - this would create too much confusion in the search engines. |
The International Council of the Secular Franciscan Order -
ON THE WEB
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Divine Office Hymns (organ)
This is a combination of various sources. I'm planning to redo this page to make it clearer, soon /fss
2011
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Beginning a new column on Evangelization - see above
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Forgive me, Lord (reprint 1/17/2012)
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SFO Arts & Images
Click image for Reflections 1-530
Refl. 531 and up found here
We're working on a new SUBJECT INDEX FOR FRANCISCAN REFLECTIONS, not done yet.
Eucharistic Reflections
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Another website by Fred Schaeffer: RCspirituality.net |
Franciscan Views
2009 Version of Catholic Bible (Public Domain)
A photo of participants at St. Francis of Assisi Fraternity, Apopka's Day of Reflection (9/10/11)
Movie about St. Francis of Assisi and the Porziuncula (C.Champon, ofs)
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Video)
SFO XVIII QUINQUENNIAL, JULY 3-8, 2012
The 2011 FFMR Annual Meeting pictures from Jeff Majewski, OFS, are here
Also see these 3 images
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NAFRA FORMATION
Koinonia Index (2011 #4 is out!)