Important Resource Material on the OFS Rule
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Peace and all good!
The National Formation Commission wants to be sure that you have seen the excellent reports that were produced as a result of a conference held in Rome in March of 2019 celebrating the 40th anniversary of the approval of the Rule of 1978.
The topics and presenters were (click links to open/download):
Each presenter offers us a wonderful background and understanding of our Rule.
We hope that you will find the information interesting and useful and that you will include it in your fraternity (or personal) ongoing formation programs.
Peace and blessings,
Diane
Diane F. Menditto, OFS
Chair, National Formation Commission
Minister, Our Lady of the Angels Region
(Note: these documents are also available by clicking “40th Anniversary of the Rule of 1978” on the Guidelines, Forms & Other Resources page.)
New website feature: Interactive map of local fraternities
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Early this year, Jan Parker, our National Minister, asked Regional Ministers to provide basic information about our local fraternities gathering dates and locations so we could map them on the OFS USA website (SecularFranciscansUSA.org). At long last, we have a visual tool showing every Local Fraternity on a map!
https://secularfranciscansusa.org/map-of-local-fraternities/
The beauty of this achievement is one need only to enter a City/State and the map will pinpoint close by fraternities. Contact information for each region is listed. This information will need to be updated periodically, but it is a terrific start.
Thanks to the Regional Ministers (or delegates) for providing the information and Lee Potts for putting together the mapping tool.
We’ll be posting the announcement on the website, Facebook and Twitter … so feel free to help us spread the word.
Test it out and let us know what you think.
May God’s blessings be upon you,
Jane
National Secretary
on behalf of the National Executive Council.