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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:03:28 EST
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- From: Jim McIntosh <JIM@AMERICAN.EDU>
- Subject: Re: lay associates to holy orders
- In-Reply-To: Message of Mon,
- 14 Dec 1992 18:30:18 GMT from <mjsmith@CAC.WASHINGTON.EDU>
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- On Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:30:18 GMT Martha Smith said:
- >The Sisters of the Holy Family (Bay area) have a program of lay
- >associates (both genders) who go through a year's formation (phone
- >calls/ weekends etc) and then make commitments (for a year at a time, I
- >believe) to religious service. During that year the associates maintain
- >certain ties to the community of professed sisters. It is an interesting
- >blend of lay and religious life - very appropriate to our time, I
- >believe. Does anyone know of other similar programs?
-
- Well, there's the Secular Franciscan Order -- a lay religious order. The
- SFO is both a canonically recognized religious order, with a rule of life
- approved by the Pope, and at the same time it is a religious order
- composed of lay men and women. We are people who want to live the Gospels
- in the way of St. Francis of Assisi, and who are called to live in the
- world as lay people. We believe that Francis's total acceptance of the
- Gospel Life is a message of importance to today's world.
-
- If you are interested you should try and find a fraternity in your area.
- You would go through a period of getting to know the order, followed by
- at least a year of formation. Following this, if both you and the order
- agreed you should, you would profess to follow the Rule for the rest of
- your life.
-
- For more information the following files are available via anonymous ftp
- from ftp.american.edu: sfo.intro and sfo.rule, or you can send the
- commands "GET SFO INTRO" and "GET SFO RULE" in the body of a piece of
- e-mail to listserv@american.edu. If you have any specific questions, feel
- free to write me at the address below.
-
- Jim McIntosh, SFO (jim@american.edu)
- The American University
- Washington DC 20016-8019 USA
-