Franciscans

Group 3
 Franciscans

•Franciscans are people and groups

(religious orders) who adhere to the
teachings and spiritual disciplines of St
Francis of Assisi and of his main associates
and followers.
Three main orders of
Catholic Franciscans
Order of Friars Minor
• The First Order or the "Order of Friars Minor" are
commonly called simply the "Franciscans". This
Order is a mendicant religious order of men, some
of whom trace their origin to Francis of Assisi.
Their official Latin name is the Ordo Fratrum
Minorum. St. Francis thus referred to his followers
as "Fraticelli", meaning "Little Brothers". Franciscan brothers are informally
called friars or the Minorites.

Poor Clares
• The Second Order, most commonly called Poor Clares in
English-speaking countries, consists of religious sisters. The
order is called the Order of St. Clare (O.S.C.), but in the
thirteenth century, prior to 1263, this order was referred to
as "The Poor Ladies", "The Poor Enclosed Nuns", and
"The Order of San Damiano".
Third Order of Penance
• The Franciscan third order, known as the Third Order of Saint Francis, has many men
and women members, separated into two main branches: The Secular Franciscan
Order, OFS, originally known as the Brothers and Sisters of Penance or Third Order
of Penance, try to live the ideals of the movement in their daily lives outside of
religious institutes.
• The members of the Third Order Regular (TOR) live in religious communities under
the traditional religious vows. They grew out of the Secular Franciscan Order. Secular
Franciscan Order is a community of catholic men and women who seek to pattern
their lives after Christ in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi.
 Founder
Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)
• an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's
Order of Frias Minor, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and
the Third Order of Saint Francis for men and women not able
to live the lives of itinerant preachers, followed by the early
members of the Order of Friars Minor, or the monastic lives
of the Poor Clares.
• Francis of Assisi died on October 3, 1226, at the age of 44, in
Assisi, Italy. Today, Francis has a lasting resonance with
millions of followers across the globe. He was canonized as a
saint just two years after his death, on July 16, 1228, by his
former protector, Pope Gregory IX.

Pax et bonum ("Peace and the

good")
 Notable Saints
St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231)
• Feast day: November 17
• As a princess she removed her crown on entering a church. As a member of
the Secular Franciscan Order she shared Francis' compassion for people with
 leprosy. She built a large hospital and was involved in serving food and
dressing wounds as acts of corporal works of mercy.

St. Clare of Assisi (1194-1253)

• Feast day: August 11
• An Italian saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. She
founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in
the Franciscan tradition, and wrote their Rule of Life—the first monastic rule
known to have been written by a woman.
 St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)
• Feast day: June 13
• A Porteguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. He was born
and raised by a wealthy family in Lisbon and died in Padua, Italy. Noted by
his contemporaries for his forceful preaching and expert knowledge of
scripture, he was the second-most-quickly canonized saint after Peter of
Verona.
Contribution to the World
Contributions
• The Franciscans established the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum as an
academic society based in Jerusalem and Hong Kong for the study of
scripture.
• The Hong Kong branch founded by the Blessed Gabriele Allegra produced
the first complete translation of the Catholic Bible in Chinese in 1968 after a
40 year effort.

• The Studium Biblicum Translation is often considered the Chinese Bible

among Catholics.
Contribution to the Bicol
Church
Contributions
• The order also built many churches.

• Our lady of mount carmel church is a

franciscan church located in Malilipot Albay,
it was first built in 1789 by Fr. Simon
Vasquez.

• Cagsawa Ruins, these were the remnants of

the 18th century franciscan church
Malilipot, Albay

Resources
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi
• http://www.sfo-fraternities.org/56130/Saints.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscan
• http://simbahan.net/2010/02/01/the-franciscans-in-the-philippines-15781898/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_of_Padua
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_of_Assisi