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Birth of a Secular Franciscan Fraternity
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- ISBN, perfect bound
- 978-1-61956-536-4
- ISBN, EPUB ebook
- 978-1-61956-772-6
- ISBN, PDF ebook
- 978-1-61956-773-3
- Pages
- 114
- Size
- 5.5 × 8.5 in
- Edition
- Perfect bound second edition, May 2016
- Language
- English
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About this book
“Go and rebuild my church.” St. Francis heard those words around 1205 and rebuilt the chapel of San Damiano stone by stone.
In 1982 another abandoned building was rebuilt, this time on East 151st Street in the South Bronx. A diverse band of volunteers, led by the vision of Fr. André Cirino, OFM, turned it into The Little Portion, a retreat house for the poor and for those who served them. Toni Maconi, then a young journalist, was among them.
From that oasis grew the Little Portion Secular Franciscan Fraternity. This is its story, told with photographs and the memories of its members, and a guide to the Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order and what it means to live it.
For anyone looking to join a fraternity or form a new one, and for all who want to walk in the footsteps of St. Francis in everyday life.
Inside
- The Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order
- Introduction: from San Damiano to the South Bronx
- The story of The Little Portion and its fraternity, with photographs
- In memory of the fraternity’s departed members