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TAU Series – Number / 17
Give an Account of the Hope That Is Within You – By William J. Short OFM
TAU Series – Number / 16
The One Thiung Necessary – Seeing Chapter IX of the Third Order Regular Rule through the Lens of the Teachings of John Duns Scotus
“Peace and all Good!”
GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2022 · Media and Documents
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IFC-TOR Elected Council · General Assembly 2022
From May 9 – 14 the 79 General Ministers and/or their delegates from 64 religious institutes gathered at the Domus Pacis in the shadow of the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels for the celebration of the 10th General Assembly of the International Franciscan Conference of the Institutes and Monasteries of the Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis.
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Letter Elected President · May 2022
The new president and council will be holding a meeting in the coming weeks to discuss plans as to how to implement the Vision and Concrete Actions for the future of IFC-TOR (2022-2026), which arose from the discussions throughout the week. We will also select the vice-president of the council at this meeting. After the council meets, we will share with you our plans and how you can be a part of them over the next 4 years.
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Opening the Assembly
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Sr. Maria Elena Martinez
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PUBLICATIONS · Propositum
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Webpage 2022-2014
Propositum 2022 / 2 — Latest Issue
Theme · Growing in universal love
Propositum 2022 / 1
Theme · Contemplation
Propositum 2021 / 2
Theme · Celebration of the 800th Anniversary of the Second Letter to the Faithful (1221) - Saint Francis
FORMATION · Study Manual of the Third Order Regular Rule
TABS | Chapters in English
Resource Manual TOR - 02 | Penitential Movement
Resource Manual TOR - 03 | History and Development
Resource Manual TOR - 05 | Commentary on the 1982 Rule
Resource Manual TOR - 09 | Third Order Saints
FORMATION · Study Guide FRATELLI TUTTI
TABS | Chapters in English
Introduction — Summary and quotes from the Encyclical / Introduction · Pat McCloskey, OFM
Dark Clouds A Closed World – Summary and quotes from the Encyclical / chapter 1 · Caryn Crook, OS
A Heart Open to the Whole World — Summary and quotes from the Encyclical / chapter 4 · Margaret Carney, OSF
A Better Kind of Politics — Summary and quotes from the Encyclical / chapter 5 · Michelle Balek, OSF
Dialogue and Friendship in Society — Summary and quotes from the Encyclical / chapter 6 · Charlie McCarthy, OFM Conv.
Paths of Renewed Encounter — Summary and quotes from the Encyclical / chapter 7 · Sr. Margaret Magee, OSF
Religions at the Service of Fraternity in Our World — Summary and quotes from the Encyclical / chapter 8 · Fr. Jim Puglisi, SA
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HOW · TO USE THIS GUIDE
- This guide can be used with small or large groups and for personal reflection.
- Feel free to share with others the URL where you found the guide. You are free to print it for others who prefer a printed text. This guide is free.
- This guide serves as an overview to the chapter featured but cannot in the space available do justice to the richness of each chapter.
This is a cooperative venture of several Franciscan organizations.
Margaret Carney, OSF and Pat McCloskey, OFM coordinated this study guide series.
Our writers:
Nancy Celaschi, OSF
Caryn Crook, OSF
Bill Hugo, OFM Cap.
Mary Esther Stewart, OFS
Michelle Balek, OSF
Charlie McCarthy, OFM Conv.
Margaret Magee, OSF
Jim Puglisi, SA
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URL for the Encyclical “FRATELLI TUTTI” English text:
ANNIVERSARY · Memoriale Propositi 1221 ‒ 2021
PAPERS | Speakers / Letters
- Cardinal Hugolino dei Conti di Segni who wrote this Rule at the request of St. Francis of Assisi, 1221
Paper ⁝ Primitive Rule of Life of the Brothers and Sisters of Penance The Original Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis – 1221 - His Emincence Cardinal João Braz de Aviz
Paper ⁝ Letter from the Prefect of the Congregatio Pro Institutis Vitae Consecratae Et Societatibus Vitae Apostolicae - Sr. Dolores Caneo, Councilor on the IFC-TOR Council
Paper ⁝ Greeting at opening - Fr. Lino Temperini, TOR
Paper ⁝ The “Memoriale Propositi” (1221) · Ancient and Fundamental Rule of the Franciscan Penitents
- Sr. Nancy Celaschi, OSF
Paper ⁝ The Memoriale Propositi: The contemprary relevance - Attilio Galimberti, OFS
Paper ⁝ How to Live the Values of the Memoriale Propositi in Today’s Context - P. Amando Trujillo Cano, TOR
Paper ⁝ 800 years after the Memorial purposes: Towards a reinterpretation from the perspective of the signs of the times
JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE SECOND LETTER OF ST. FRANCIS · to the Faithful (1221)
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PREFACE | English Translation
This writing may have been written upon Francis’s return from his journey to the Middle East in the Spring of 1220, for not only does it speak of his weakened condition but also suggests the post-conciliar concerns of Pope Honorius III. At the same time, it recalls Francis’s earlier exhortation to the Brothers and Sisters of Penance and encourages its observance in light of many of the teachings of the Fourth Lateran Council.
Jubilee Celebration Input from the 2017-2022 Council
Council 6th input - Sr. Deborah
We can all imagine the young Francis kneeling in the dilapidated San Damiano, praying before the crucifix, “enlighten the darkness of my mind...” We know the struggles he went through as God revealed to him: He wanted me to be a new fool in the world. God did not wish to lead us by any way other than this knowledge… Assisi Compilation, 18
Council 5th input - Sr. Joanne
At first glance, these verses may seem like a simple invitation for all creatures to praise and glorify God, but they are so much more. The verse that introduces this section is key to our reflection (Verse 60, John 17:24): “I wish, Father, that where I am, they may be with me... because you loved me before the creation of the world.”
Council 4th input - Sr. Dolores
Francis of Assisi is moved by the evangelical urgency for proclaiming the Father’s Word and the words of the Holy Spirit “which are spirit and life.” Not a spirituality out of the reality, but a Spirit that is life, who becomes flesh and is true life-giver in fullness.
Council 3rd input - Sr. Magdalena
Today Francis directs our gaze to the obedience of the greater, who as lesser, as servant, is to be a servant of all. Obedience begins with love for one's own soul. It keeps God present in us. Our deepest impulses to love live in it, and there we ponder God's Word and the inspirations of His Spirit. Out of the soul our life is formed.
Council 2nd input - Sr. Benigna
God called St. Francis and inspired him to pass the Gospel message to the people of his time, just as He does to us in the present moment. Where evil, vices and sin were and are the order of the day, God is calling us to leave sin behind and work for a world of innocence of heart, seeking good in all, where peace and love are a sign of God’s love.
Council 1st input - Sr. Deborah
Francis speaks from his experience when he writes about prayer; he heard the words of Jesus as if he were sitting next to the Samaritan woman, listening attentively… In the clefts of the rock he would build his nest and in the hollow of the wall Song of Songs 2:14 his dwelling.
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IN PREPARATION FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY · 2022
GA 2022 prayer on Theme - Sr. Deborah - April
Highest, brightest God, enlighten the darkness of our hearts. Give us a faith that leads on, a hope that carries through, a love that excludes no one and nothing.
GA 2022 prayer on Theme - Sr. Joanne - February
At the IFC-TOR General Assembly in May we will commemorate the 40th anniversary of our TOR Rule and Life.
REQUESTS · LETTERS
Refugee Assistance
Francis of Assisi exhorts us to have peace so deeply within our hearts that it overflows in our words and actions, and all will be moved to peace. Pope Francis says the same in another way, praying and calling all to “demilitarize our hearts.” These days of conflict and war in Ukraine shout out to us that peace begins and continues in the heart of each person. As followers of the man of Gospel peace, let us, led by his inspiration, be shining lights of the hope of peace, in whatever way God’s holy Spirit leads us to work to bring about peace within and without.
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 information about each associated Institution.
In addition the site has the messages issued during the last General Assembly (a meeting held every four years in Assisi).
The IFC-TOR publishes a periodical Propositum, as a further means of sharing the message of the Franciscan Family.
