Welcome to Francescanitor.org

Bring forth from within themselves fruits worthy of true penance

We are Franciscans

For us, St. Francis of Assisi is both a teacher and a model. Many people, touched by the living testimony and the fervent word of Francis, want to follow him and to live fully as he did, a life in fidelity to Christ.

We are religious

The consecrated life is a gift that offers the baptized man the possibility of a more intimate experience of God. From this perspective, the religious follows Christ more closely and lets himself be guided, as a Rule of life, the Holy Gospel.

We are Tertiaries

The Third Regular Order of St. Francis is an evangelical fraternity, which has its historical and spiritual roots in the ecclesial call to conversion, in penitential movements and in the guidance of St. Francis of Assisi.

Third Order Regular

Why is a Franciscan Order called the Third Order Regular?
It is a Third Order
because it welcomes both men and women, that is friars and sisters, albeit in autonomous organizations. Therefore, it is not only an institution for men (First Order) and for women (Second Order), but for both.
It is an Order
which is canonically established as an institute of pontifical right.
It is Regular
because the members profess the evangelical counsels and commit themselves to live in fraternity according to the Rule and the Constitutions which a separation from the world.

Death notices

Father Grgo Sikirić

February 13, 1925 – March 24, 2023
Province of Saint Jerome, Croatia

Father Marko Vrgoč

March 3, 1949 – March 19, 2023
Province of Saint Jerome, Croatia

Father Terrence J. Adams

April 6, 1940 – January 9, 2024
Province of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, United States

Father Bennett Silva

January 13, 1934 – October 11, 2023
Province of the Our Lady of Lanka, Sri Lanka

“Brothers always be mindful that they should desire one thing alone, namely, the Spirit of God at work within them”
Rule 32