Franciscans Group 3
Franciscans
•Franciscans are people and groups (religious orders) who adhere to the teachings and spiritual disciplines of St
Francis of Assisi and of his main associates and followers.
Three main orders of Catholic Franciscans Order of Friars Minor
• The First Order or the "Order of Friars Minor" are commonly called simply the "Franciscans". This Order is a mendicant religious order of men, some of whom trace their origin to Francis of Assisi. Their official Latin name is the Ordo Fratrum Minorum. St. Francis thus referred to his followers as "Fraticelli", meaning "Little Brothers". Franciscan brothers are informally called friars or the Minorites.
Poor Clares
• The Second Order, most commonly called Poor Clares in English-speaking countries, consists of religious sisters. The order is called the Order of St. Clare (O.S.C.), but in the thirteenth century, prior to 1263, this order was referred to as "The Poor Ladies", "The Poor Enclosed Nuns", and "The Order of San Damiano".
Third Order of Penance
• The Franciscan third order, known as the Third Order of Saint Francis, has many men and women members, separated into two main branches: The Secular Franciscan Order, OFS, originally known as the Brothers and Sisters of Penance or Third Order of Penance, try to live the ideals of the movement in their daily lives outside of religious institutes.
• The members of the Third Order Regular (TOR) live in religious communities under
the traditional religious vows. They grew out of the Secular Franciscan Order. Secular Franciscan Order is a community of catholic men and women who seek to pattern their lives after Christ in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi.
Founder Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) • an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's
Order of Frias Minor, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis for men and women not able to live the lives of itinerant preachers, followed by the early members of the Order of Friars Minor, or the monastic lives of the Poor Clares.
• Francis of Assisi died on October 3, 1226, at the age of 44, in Assisi, Italy. Today, Francis has a lasting resonance with millions of followers across the globe. He was canonized as a saint just two years after his death, on July 16, 1228, by his former protector, Pope Gregory IX.
Pax et bonum ("Peace and the good")
Notable Saints St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231) • Feast day: November 17 • As a princess she removed her crown on entering a church. As a member of the Secular Franciscan Order she shared Francis' compassion for people with
leprosy. She built a large hospital and was involved in serving food and dressing wounds as acts of corporal works of mercy.
St. Clare of Assisi (1194-1253) • Feast day: August 11 • An Italian saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition, and wrote their Rule of Life—the first monastic rule known to have been written by a woman.
St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) • Feast day: June 13 • A Porteguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. He was born and raised by a wealthy family in Lisbon and died in Padua, Italy. Noted by his contemporaries for his forceful preaching and expert knowledge of scripture, he was the second-most-quickly canonized saint after Peter of Verona.
Contribution to the World Contributions • The Franciscans established the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum as an academic society based in Jerusalem and Hong Kong for the study of scripture.
• The Hong Kong branch founded by the Blessed Gabriele Allegra produced the first complete translation of the Catholic Bible in Chinese in 1968 after a 40 year effort.
• The Studium Biblicum Translation is often considered the Chinese Bible among Catholics.
Contribution to the Bicol Church Contributions
• The order also built many churches. • Our lady of mount carmel church is a
franciscan church located in Malilipot Albay, it was first built in 1789 by Fr. Simon Vasquez.
• Cagsawa Ruins, these were the remnants of the 18th century franciscan church
Resources
Malilipot, Albay
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi • http://www.sfo-fraternities.org/56130/Saints.html • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscan • http://simbahan.net/2010/02/01/the-franciscans-in-the-philippines-15781898/ • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_of_Padua • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_of_Assisi