2. Franciscans
•Franciscans are people and groups
(religious orders) who adhere to the
teachings and spiritual disciplines of St
Francis of Assisi and of his main
associates and followers.
4. Order of Friars Minor
• The First Order or the "Order of Friars Minor"
are commonly called simply the "Franciscans".
This Order is a mendicant religious order of
men, some of whom trace their origin to Francis
of Assisi. Their official Latin name is the Ordo
Fratrum Minorum. St. Francis thus referred to
his followers as "Fraticelli", meaning "Little
Brothers". Franciscan brothers are informally
called friars or the Minorites.
5. Poor Clares
• The Second Order, most commonly called Poor Clares in
English-speaking countries, consists of religious sisters.
The order is called the Order of St. Clare (O.S.C.), but in
the thirteenth century, prior to 1263, this order was
referred to as "The Poor Ladies", "The Poor Enclosed
Nuns", and "The Order of San Damiano".
6. Third Order of Penance
• The Franciscan third order, known as the Third Order of Saint Francis, has many men
and women members, separated into two main branches: The Secular Franciscan
Order, OFS, originally known as the Brothers and Sisters of Penance or Third Order
of Penance, try to live the ideals of the movement in their daily lives outside of
religious institutes.
• The members of the Third Order Regular (TOR) live in religious communities under
the traditional religious vows. They grew out of the Secular Franciscan Order. Secular
Franciscan Order is a community of catholic men and women who seek to pattern
their lives after Christ in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi.
8. Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)
• an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the
men's Order of Frias Minor, the women’s Order of St. Clare,
and the Third Order of Saint Francis for men and women not
able to live the lives of itinerant preachers, followed by the
early members of the Order of Friars Minor, or the monastic
lives of the Poor Clares.
• Francis of Assisi died on October 3, 1226, at the age of 44, in
Assisi, Italy. Today, Francis has a lasting resonance with
millions of followers across the globe. He was canonized as a
saint just two years after his death, on July 16, 1228, by his
former protector, Pope Gregory IX.
11. St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231)
• Feast day: November 17
• As a princess she removed her crown on entering a church. As a member of
the Secular Franciscan Order she shared Francis' compassion for people with
leprosy. She built a large hospital and was involved in serving food and
dressing wounds as acts of corporal works of mercy.
12. St. Clare of Assisi (1194-1253)
• Feast day: August 11
• An Italian saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. She
founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in
the Franciscan tradition, and wrote their Rule of Life—the first monastic
rule known to have been written by a woman.
13. St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)
• Feast day: June 13
• A Porteguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. He was born
and raised by a wealthy family in Lisbon and died in Padua, Italy. Noted by
his contemporaries for his forceful preaching and expert knowledge of
scripture, he was the second-most-quickly canonized saint after Peter of
Verona.
15. Contributions
• The Franciscans established the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum as an
academic society based in Jerusalem and Hong Kong for the study of
scripture.
• The Hong Kong branch founded by the Blessed Gabriele Allegra produced
the first complete translation of the Catholic Bible in Chinese in 1968 after a
40 year effort.
• The Studium Biblicum Translation is often considered the Chinese Bible
among Catholics.
17. Contributions
• The order also built many churches.
• Our lady of mount carmel church is a
franciscan church located in Malilipot Albay,
it was first built in 1789 by Fr. Simon
Vasquez.
• Cagsawa Ruins, these were the remnants of
the 18th century franciscan church
Malilipot, Albay
