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Our Lady of Guadalupe Province

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Living the Gospel of Jesus Christ
in the Footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi
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  • Who We Are
      • Our Lady of Guadalupe Province
      • Meet the Friars
      • A Coast-to-Coast Franciscan Province
  • What We Do
      • Life of Service
      • Parish Missions & Preaching
      • Franciscans for Justice
      • Center for Action and Contemplation
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        Our Lady of Guadalupe Province
        1204 Stinson Street, SW
        Albuquerque, NM  87121
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        505 831 9199

         

    • Who is St. Francis of Assisi

      • We Franciscans owe our inspiration to Francesco di Bernardone, an affluent young merchant from the Italian town of Assisi, who in 1206 renounced his wealth and social status in favor of a life dedicated to God and the least of God’s people. Soon, other men and women joined him to begin a vast movement of Gospel renewal within the medieval Church.

        Although St. Francis of Assisi began his life of penance as a hermit, devoting himself to prayer, working among lepers and rebuilding churches in the Assisi area, other men were soon attracted to his company. By 1209, there were 12 brothers, and so they approached Pope Innocent III to gain approval of their way of life “according to the Holy Gospel.” The Order of Lesser Brothers (ordo fratrum minorum) — now formally known as the Order of Friars Minor — had begun.

    • The Franciscan Way 

      • The Gospel life of the Friars Minor, as Francis describes in our Rule, has four central components: first, to be men of prayer, “desiring above all things to have the Spirit of the Lord and its holy operation;” second, to live as lesser ones, “not making anything our own,” but serving the Lord in poverty and humility; third, to create a brother-hood of mutual care among ourselves, “showing we are members of the same family;” and fourth, to “go about the world” entering people’s everyday lives as heralds of God’s reign and agents of Gospel peace. Franciscans take vows of obedience, poverty and chastity. 

    • Home
    • Who We Are
        • Our Lady of Guadalupe Province
        • Meet the Friars
        • A Coast-to-Coast Franciscan Province
    • What We Do
        • Life of Service
        • Parish Missions & Preaching
        • Franciscans for Justice
        • Center for Action and Contemplation
    • Join Us!
        • Become A Friar
        • Become a Secular Franciscan
        • Become a Franciscan Partner
        • Franciscan Partners Program
    • Support Us
        • Ways You Can Help
      • Choose A Need
        • Support Our Friar Students
        • Mass Stipend Requests
        • Franciscan Missionary Union
        • Support Our Retired Friars
        • St. Anthony Pray for Us
        • Educational Scholarship Fund
        • Flowers of Vietnam
      • Special Appeal from Brother Bruce
        • A Christmas Season Appeal
        • Development
      • Let Us Pray for You
        • Prayer Intention
    • Share Our Spirit
      • News
        • Social Media
        • Padres' Trail
        • US Franciscan News
      • Contact Us
        • Prayer Requests
        • Fr. Greg Friedman's Reflections
        • Laudato Si’ Action Platform
        • Fr. Charles McCarthy 2023 Sunday Agape Reflections
        • Fr. Charles McCarthy 2021-22 Archive | Sunday Agape Reflections
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