The Orthodox Anglican Society of St. Francis (ASF)
A relgious order of the Orthodox Anglican Communion
A relgious order of the Orthodox Anglican Communion
Who we are...
We are a Franciscan religious order consisting of men married
or single, clergy or laity who are called to dedication through
lifelong discipline and vow. We dedicate ourselves to our Lord
as instruments of His peace. Anglican Franciscans may choose
to either live in community as celibate brothers living in a friary
or they may choose to live as secular tertiaries out in the world
living in their own homes. Secular tertiaries may be either
single or married. Regardless of which road a brother chooses
we are all one and the same Anglican Franciscans and follow
the same Rule of Life.
Members of the Order make a lifelong commitment to live in
simplicity, prayer, love, and joy. Fully professed Brothers
follow vows of simplicity or poverty, chastity and obedience
within the context of their chosen vocation in life.
We are a Franciscan religious order consisting of men married
or single, clergy or laity who are called to dedication through
lifelong discipline and vow. We dedicate ourselves to our Lord
as instruments of His peace. Anglican Franciscans may choose
to either live in community as celibate brothers living in a friary
or they may choose to live as secular tertiaries out in the world
living in their own homes. Secular tertiaries may be either
single or married. Regardless of which road a brother chooses
we are all one and the same Anglican Franciscans and follow
the same Rule of Life.
Members of the Order make a lifelong commitment to live in
simplicity, prayer, love, and joy. Fully professed Brothers
follow vows of simplicity or poverty, chastity and obedience
within the context of their chosen vocation in life.
Rebuild my Church...
which was threatening to collapse because of extreme age.
Inspired by the Spirit, he went inside to pray. Kneeling before
an image of the Crucified, he was filled with great fervor and
consolation as he prayed. While his tear-filled eyes were gazing
at the Lord's cross, he heard with his bodily ears a voice
coming from the cross, telling him three times: “Francis, go and
repair my house which, as you see, is falling into ruin.”
Trembling with fear, Francis was amazed at the sound of this
astonishing voice, since he was alone in the church; and as he
received in his heart the power of the divine words, he fell into
a state of ecstasy. Returning finally to his senses, he prepared
to put his whole heart into obeying the command he had
received. He began zealously to repair the church materially,
although the principle intention of the words referred to that
Church which Christ purchased with his own blood, as the Holy
Spirit afterward made him realize and as he later disclosed to
the friars.
(Adapted from the Life of St. Francis by St. Bonaventure)
which was threatening to collapse because of extreme age.
Inspired by the Spirit, he went inside to pray. Kneeling before
an image of the Crucified, he was filled with great fervor and
consolation as he prayed. While his tear-filled eyes were gazing
at the Lord's cross, he heard with his bodily ears a voice
coming from the cross, telling him three times: “Francis, go and
repair my house which, as you see, is falling into ruin.”
Trembling with fear, Francis was amazed at the sound of this
astonishing voice, since he was alone in the church; and as he
received in his heart the power of the divine words, he fell into
a state of ecstasy. Returning finally to his senses, he prepared
to put his whole heart into obeying the command he had
received. He began zealously to repair the church materially,
although the principle intention of the words referred to that
Church which Christ purchased with his own blood, as the Holy
Spirit afterward made him realize and as he later disclosed to
the friars.
(Adapted from the Life of St. Francis by St. Bonaventure)
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