Marian Penitents of St. Francis (Marian Friars Minor-Third Order) have a small group formation at SMC. Find out more about your vocation…first step with confidence in the spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi.

  • The Marian Penitents of St. Francis of Assisi- Third Order is a Private Lay Association that allows members to live out the spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi while remaining active in the secular world.

    find out more: https://www.marianfriarsminor.com/third-order"Third Order" | Marian Friars Minor

    We attempt to follow our duties to obtain a Pious Life.

    1. To Love God. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind, and with thy whole strength.” -John 21:15 “Let us therefore love God, because God first hath loved us” -1 John 4:19

      Find out more…contact Br. Luchesio at franciscan.life@gmail.com or Br. Jude at johndellaera@gmail.com

    Also visit: Our local group in Vacaville is here: Profession & Vestiture at St. Philip, the Apostle, Byzantine Church, Sacto. 20251213 (with Fra. Anthony)

    https://mfm-to.blogspot.com

    MFM-Third Order (Vacaville & Sacramento Chapters)

    Interested in more information email: franciscan.life@gmail.com

  • Since Mother Mary, we approach Our Lord through her. We believe in keeping things simple, smart, and Catholic. Marian Franciscans are consecrated to Mary. Every Marian Penitent’s faith journey begins with our relationship with Christ Jesus, through Mary. We believe that God present in the Eucharist (body, soul, blood and divinity) in the Blessed Sacrament. Our Lord shares Himself in whenever we meet Him during the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (Eucharistic Adoration).

    1. By entering the Third Order we declare opposition to the world and its vanities. We are, in consequence, enlightened in spirit, lifted above the world, its principles, vain desires, and pleasures and confirmed in the resolution to imitate Our crucified Redeemer, “Who gave us an example that we follow in His footsteps” -1Pet 2:21

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