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| Community Profile |
| Franciscan Brothers of Peace |
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| Community Information |
No. in community (professed members) | 8 |
Year founded | 1982 |
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Represented in US (Arch)dioceses | St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN |
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| About Us |
Mission statement/description
This community happily embraces the gifts of poverty, chastity and obedience and lives a three-fold way of life: To know, love and serve God above all else; to dwell in unity, living in community with their brothers; and to give free, wholehearted service to all, especially to the spiritually and bodily poor.
The brothers carry out various ministries, such as collecting food and clothing for the needy, ministering to international survivors of torture, witnessing at a juvenile detention center, sidewalk counseling at an abortion clinic and creating religious icons. |
Qualifications for entry
Practicing Catholic male, mentally and physically healthy and without canonical impediments (i.e., previous marriage must be annulled; must have no dependent children); a high school graduate or have achieved its equivalent (G.E.D.); a recommendation from a pastor and spiritual director. Must also be free of major debt. |
Formation program
Inquirers must exhibit the honesty and flexibility necessary to be formed and grow spiritually in the fullness of the Christian faith and be willing to die to themselves for the sake of others, for the love of Jesus.
Candidacy: An intensive 3-12 months of discernment spent at the novitiate friary.
Novitiate: Novices spend a minimum of one year praying and discerning. At the end of the novitiate period, the novice may be invited to profess simple vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, promising to live out the Franciscan way of life.
Permanent vows: After a minimum of three years in simple vows, candidates may be invited to profess permanent vows. |
Age range/limit
19-35 |
Consider belated vocations?
No |
Belated/late vocations explanation
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Institute on Religious Life, P.O. Box 7500, Libertyville, IL 60048-7500
Tel: (847) 573-8975 - Fax: (847) 573-8960 |
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