RESOURCES
Our fraternity's selected resources have been organized into four categories: documents, books, links and prayers. Whether you are seeking a greater understanding of the Franciscan way of life or searching for information on St. Francis of Assisi, Franciscan spirituality, help on discernment, the Third Order or some other aspect of Franciscan life, it is our hope that you will find our resources section useful to you.
Our fraternity would like to especially invite aspirants to the Third Order to take advantage of our selected resources in your discernment. Although spending time with the fraternity and getting a sense of fraternal life is important, also very important is to understand who Saint Francis was, whose example you have chosen to follow in a great following of Christ. By coming to know St. Francis you will touch on several other areas of Franciscan life such as the charism of St. Francis, Franciscan spirituality and more.
For those who are not called to become Franciscans, we hope you will explore the life of St. Francis and get to know this wonderful saint, whose sincerity and simplicity, his heroic imitation of Christ's poverty, his obedience to the voice of grace, his deep humility and great love for the crucified Christ attracted many to his way of life.
Of the many benefits of getting to know Saint Francis, his charism of living the Gospel life, is the one our fraternity would like to single out. Jesus is the life model for all Christians and it is only in Holy Scripture that we find that model for our lives exemplified in the life of Jesus Himself. St. Francis recognized the Word of God as the preeminent source for knowing and following the Will of God, oftentimes referring to the Scriptures in his decision making. We hope that you too will make greater use of scripture in your effort to follow Christ more closely.