FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF JESUS CRUCIFIED
I am presntly a Novice in the Secular Franciscan Order of the Living Word
Fratenity, Lansdale, PA., and am paralyzed from the chest down due to an
accident. During our annual retreat, a priest of the Order of Benedict
Groshell, CFFR, Fr. Glenn, recommended that I get in touch with a Secular
Institute, the Franciscan Missionaries of Jesus Crucified, founded in 1987
in the Diocese of Albany, NY. This is the only indiginous Secular
Institute founded in America. It is primarily for the disabled of all
kinds or anyone willing or called to help people who suffer in any way.
The main charism of the Institute is to help Jesus carry his cross and
unite our suffering with his for the conversion of sinners and the Church.
Memebers of the FMJC spend eight years in formation like their religious
counterparts but live in the world not in community before taking the
public eveangelical council vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. A
candidate must be in a single state, celibate, in order to be considered
for this life.
This is a call from God for those who wish to strengthen their committment
to Christ through the consecrated life. Anyone interested in this
lifestyle may contact me at:
[email protected] or Mark Denslow, 500
Fairhill Street, Willow Grove, PA 19090 215/659-8775 or the head of the
Institute:
Louise D. Principe, FMJC
400 Central Avenue, Apt. 3D
Albany, New York 12206-2207
518/438-5887
and tell her you got this information from Mark Denslow through the
Internet Assisi-L.
Pax et Bonum!
Mark Denslow
[email protected]