The Brothers and Sisters of Penance of St. Francis is an
Association of the faithful
In the Catholic Church, an association of the Christian faithful or simply association of the faithful (Latin: ''consociationes christifidelium'') sometimes called a public association of the faithful, is a group of baptized persons, clerics or la ...
"Franciscan Family", Capuchin Franciscans, Province of St. Conrad
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whose members strive to model their lives according to the Rule and Statutes of the Primitive Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis
The Third Order of Saint Francis is a third order in the Franciscan tradition of Christianity, founded by the medieval Catholic Church in Italy, Italian Catholic friar Francis of Assisi.
The preaching of Francis and his disciples caused many ma ...
, which was written for lay
Lay may refer to:
Places
*Lay Range, a subrange of mountains in British Columbia, Canada
*Lay, Loire, a French commune
*Lay (river), France
*Lay, Iran, a village
*Lay, Kansas, United States, an unincorporated community
People
* Lay (surname)
* ...
people in 1221 by Cardinal Hugolino dei Conti dei Segni at the request of St. Francis of Assisi
Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Saint Francis of Assisi ( it, Francesco d'Assisi; – 3 October 1226), was a mystic Italian Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans, and one of the most venerated figures in Christianit ...
.
The order was originally started in 1996 by members of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis ( la, Archidiœcesis Paulopolitana et Minneapolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. It is led by an archbishop who administers ...
in Minnesota, with the approval of Archbishop Harry J. Flynn.
On August 22, 2003, ( the feast of the Queenship of Mary), the Brothers and Sisters of Penance was refounded as the Confraternity of Penitents.
Right now there are more than several hundred members within the United States, and a few hundred more throughout the world.
References
External links
Brothers and Sisters of Penance of St. Francis
Saint Francis Third Order Confraternity of Penitents
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Third Order of Saint Francis
Christian organizations established in 1996