Sunday September 18 - Next Fraternity Meeting

Dear Friends,

The next Third Order meeting will be on Sunday September 18 after the High Mass at the Church of the Transfiguration in Toronto.

All are most welcome to attend.

In the Seraphic Father.

Modification of the Rule of the Third Order

An article taken from the March 1915 issue of the Franciscan Herald.

In the Seraphic Father.

The Spirit of the Third Order

An article taken from the May 1914 issue of the Franciscan Herald.

In the Seraphic Father.

Feast of St. Louis IX, Patron of the Third Order

A blessed feast day to all!

As a reminder, tertiaries and cordbearers may gain a plenary indulgence this day. Here is an article on St. Louis IX taken from the August 1913 issue of the Franciscan Herald.

In the Seraphic Father.

The Rule of the Third Order

An article taken from the June 1914 issue of the Franciscan Herald.

In the Seraphic Father

Sr. Maria Magdalena Receives Her Clothing

+ Pax et Bonum +

Dear Friends,

I am happy to announce that Sr. Maria Magdalena has been received into the Third Order Secular of St. Francis by Fr. Goldade, SSPX, at St. Ignatius Retreat House  in Ridgefield, Conneticut.  Deo gratias!

Please pray for her that she will make her profession next year and grow ever faithful to one of the greatest saints in the history of the Church.

In the Seraphic Father.

St. Maximilian Kolbe and Ecumenism

“There is no greater enemy of the Immaculata and her Knighthood than today’s ecumenism, which every Knight must not only fight against, but also neutralize through diametrically opposed action and ultimately destroy.”

(St. Maximilian Kolbe, O.F.M. Conventual)

+ Pax et Bonum +

My Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order Secular of St. Francis,

Let us take heed of this statement of a true son of St. Francis.  Let us in no way make excuses for the abomination that is planned to take place in October of this year at Assisi.  Let us pray, rather, that it does not happen.  Let us make reparation for this mortal sin against the First Commandment about to be committed by the pope himself, which has been also approved by all the Novus Ordo Franciscan superiors.  Let us be true sons of St. Francis and console him, as he is weeping in heaven (if that were possible) that his name is being used to promote such treacherous behaviour.  Let us be true Knights of Our Lady.

May Our Lord, through the Immaculata, deliver the Church soon from her enemies.

In the Seraphic Father.

Feast of St. Clare of Assisi

I hope you all have a wonderful feast day.  As a reminder, tertiaries may gain a plenary indulgence this day.  Here is an article on St. Clare taken from the August 1914 issue of the Franciscan Herald.

In the Seraphic Father.

The Latest Movement for Church Unity

An article taken from the May 1913 issue of the Franciscan Herald.  What a difference this viewpoint is from that taken by the current Church hierarchy.

In the Seraphic Father.

The Third Order and the Catholic Lay Apostolate

Here is an article taken from the September 1914 issue of the Franciscan Herald.

In the Seraphic Father.

Columbus and the Freemasons

Here is an article published in the October 1913 issue of the Franciscan Herald. The author of this article is wrong about one thing, though; the Freemasons and their Jewish masters have been able to damage the reputation of Christopher Columbus by their calumnies that he was a murderer of the natives, forced conversion upon them, sought only their riches, etc.

In the Seraphic Father.

Pius X - A True Son of St. Francis

An article taken from the September 1914 issue of the Franciscan Herald.  St. Pius X died on August 20, 1914.  He was a beloved Franciscan tertiary.

In the Seraphic Father.

God Will Not Be Mocked - The Titanic

Interesting short story about the sinking of the Titanic from the May 1914 issue of the Franciscan Herald.

In the Seraphic Father.