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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT - Fr. James Puglisi, SA
(Council meeting October 23rd until November 1st, 2011)

December, 2011

Dear Sisters and Brothers,
The IFC-TOR Council met at the Convent of the School Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in Rome from October 23rd until November 1st. We are most grateful for the hospitality shown us by the local community and thank them sincerely.
Our time together was very full and rich and I would like to share some information from this meeting.
The full Council was present as was the Secretary General, Sr. Margherita and the Treasurer, Sr. Santina. Sr. Lois Prebil, who is the facilitator for the General Assembly joined us at the end of our meeting to begin work on the planning of the next General Assembly which I will speak about at the end of this letter.

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CHRISTMAS LETTER

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LETTER TO THE ROMANS

Dear sisters and brothers in Saint Francis:

We, members of Romans 6, the delegates general and representatives for JPIC for the worldwide Franciscan family, want to remind you of the invitation and encouragement that we received from the Conference of the Franciscan Family to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the “spirit of Assisi” this coming October 27th, and to keep alive the values promoted in that celebration at all times. [...continue]

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Conference of the Franciscan Family - CFF

The Sirit of Assisi
It is with great pleasure that we write to you on the occasion of
the 25^th anniversary of the historic day of prayer and fasting held in
Assisi on October 27, 1986.

Fr. José Rodríguez Carballo, OFM - President CFF, Min. Gen. OFM
Fr. James Puglisi, SA - Min. Gen. Franciscan Friars of the Atonement
Fr. Mauro Jöhri, OFMCap - Minister General OFMCap
Fr. Michael Higgins, TOR - Minister General TOR
Fr. Marco Tasca, OFMConv - Minister General OFMConv
Encarnación Del Pozo, OFS - Minister General OFS

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Visit Spirit of Assisi website prepared by the Romans 6: http://spiritodiassisi.wordpress.com

EVENTS

IFC-TOR Council meeting: 11-16 October 2010 at the Franciscan School Sisters
in Rome

Letter from the Council's Meeting

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Pictures from the Meeting

Franciscan Family Letters

Date	Conference of the Franciscan Family (CFF)
17 November 2010	For more than a year the Conference of the Franciscan Family (CFF) has been discussing how we might commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Peace, which was held in Assisi on October 27, 1986. Building on this celebration, John Paul II made popular the idea of the Spirit of Assisi, a concept which has inspired many efforts to promote peace and dialogue over the last quarter century. We would like to reinforce our commitment to peace and dialogue by encouraging the entire Franciscan Family to celebrate this important anniversary. Our JPIC promoters and those responsible for the service for dialogue have been involved in these conversations, along with others interested in the event. [...] read full text —› here

“Peace and all Good!”

On behalf of the IFC-TOR welcome!

The IFC-TOR web site is conceived of as an instrument of collaboration
and peace. It is a meeting point for those who wish to know about us and
have news of the International Franciscan Conference-TOR.

It hopes to be a source of information and a means to know the history of
the Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order Regular, the aims of the Conference,
in how many and which countries of the world they are present members,
their addresses and important information about each associated Institution.

In addition the site has the messages issued during the last General Assembly
(a meeting held every five years in Assisi).

The IFC-TOR publishes two periodicals: Tau-Info and Propositum,
as a further means of sharing the message of the Franciscan Family.

	Message from the IFC-TOR
“	We – all together – and each one of us – are the trustees of our charism, its responsible bearers, accountable to God and the ecclesial community for it.	”
	The brothers and sisters of this Order wish to live this evangelical conversion of life in a spirit of *Prayer, Poverty* and *Humility*. (TOR Rule 1,2)