Thank you very much. ________________________________ From: Valerie Moreno <spiritwind@...> To: sfocommunicationcenter@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday,...
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Emile Palafox
popsep
Oct 26, 2011 2:25 am
Thank You All very much for you alls help, BUT I have not gotten my Questions answered., The 3rd order was and is an "Religious Order", Did that change when...
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michele turgeon
galerielavio...
Oct 26, 2011 9:51 am
Glad to hear that - I will keep you in my prayers  Pax et Bonum! Michèle Turgeon, ofs ________________________________ De : Emile Palafox...
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michele turgeon
galerielavio...
Oct 26, 2011 9:58 am
As Barbara said we SFO do not take vows we make promises and our habit is our Tau cross. You may have to look at another order for your requirements.  Pax...
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Barbara Lannin
b.lannin
Oct 26, 2011 11:38 am
Part of all religious men and women who take VOWS take vows of proverty, chasity and obidence. If you were to become a member of the SFO after going through...
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Ruth Carrillo-Hernandez
anathebard
Oct 26, 2011 11:39 am
Peace and all Good!  Emile, you need to speak with your priest or spiritual advisor. If you are not accepted into an order, then you may make private vows...
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Emile Palafox
popsep
Oct 26, 2011 3:01 pm
I may have to more to other county's because there all the above, Thanks From: michele turgeon <galerielaviolette@...> To:...
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Emile Palafox
popsep
Oct 26, 2011 5:13 pm
Thank you all again, But I must move on. I will seek to join SFO, but I will seek answers from one that may be able to answer me THY? , and WHY NOT. Not just...
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Marie
bbwmarie@...
Oct 26, 2011 11:47 pm
Emile....I believe what you are looking for is not the SFO but possibly a secular institute. They take vows but still live in a secular world. I know of one...
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Lorena Felix
lorenafelix...
Oct 27, 2011 2:01 am
Thank you Richard. God Bless, Lorena Felix ... From: Richard C ofs <richard372000@...> Subject: [SFO Fraternity] SFO = for USA To:...
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Richard C ofs
richard372000
Oct 27, 2011 2:46 am
Welcome Br Alberto to your Fraternity OnLine sfocommunicationcenter Comment from user: Peace and Good! I am a portuguese humble secular franciscan brother, and...
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Emile Palafox
popsep
Oct 27, 2011 12:14 pm
They have a rule that has a Papal Bull on it. The rule explicitly prohibits the use of a habit, except for the Tau and for those fraternities that have had...
Peace and Good! I am a portuguese secular franciscan brother, since 1981. Entering the novitiate, I did a particular vow to dress the secular franciscan habit...
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Alberto Guimarães
dionilasa
Oct 27, 2011 9:43 pm
Peace and Good! The current Rule of the SFO, approved by Pope Paul VI, says nothing about the use of habit. However, the brothers should stick to obedience to...
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Emile Palafox
popsep
Oct 27, 2011 11:41 pm
Here is more on the habit. emile  In 1978 Pope Paul VI promulgated the new rule for the Third Order Secular Franciscans. He made several changes to the...
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Marie
bbwmarie@...
Oct 28, 2011 12:22 am
thank you for this....i am always trying to learn more about the SFO.... Marie Here is more on the habit. emile In 1978 Pope Paul VI promulgated the new rule...
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Richard C ofs
richard372000
Oct 28, 2011 12:44 am
For Marie and all other who wish to learn.. : from the CIOFS What about the wearing of a "habit" by Secular Franciscans? In Circular 41-02/08, the Secular...
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Marie
bbwmarie@...
Oct 28, 2011 12:49 am
Thank you so much for this. I try to wear a Tau daily and have them in various sizes and materials. I 'work' in a catholic school and love telling the...
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Valerie Moreno
spiritwind@...
Oct 28, 2011 4:13 am
I love St. Francis and would love to see a shift to the spirit of Francis by faith and less intellectual concepts. Much of the material in the SFO is not...
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Valerie Moreno
spiritwind@...
Oct 28, 2011 4:13 am
This is wonderful, thank you! I think people notice the Tau and will ask what it means. It's the light inside us that will touch somebody, that ...
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Valerie Moreno
spiritwind@...
Oct 28, 2011 4:13 am
Fantastic, Marie! Francis must love this and be so pleased from heaven. Val Wherever I may be, I'll look up and see...someone in the dark for me. -Michael...
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Richard C ofs
richard372000
Oct 28, 2011 3:29 pm
Papal Address at Assisi Pilgrimage "We May Distinguish Two Types of the New Forms of Violence" ASSISI, Italy, OCT. 27, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Here is a Vatican...
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Alberto Guimarães
dionilasa
Oct 28, 2011 4:19 pm
Peace and Good! As I already wrote, I feel myself like a friar. So, NO ONE can to PROHIBITE me to dress the habit IN MY HOME! And my home will be my...
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Emile Palafox
popsep
Oct 28, 2011 7:05 pm
Alberto, Â Â Â Â I cried my broken heart out to God because, for two years, No religious order would take me, all because I was to Old.(58)Â I so wanted to...
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luisraon@...
luisraon
Oct 28, 2011 7:32 pm
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Richard C ofs
richard372000
Oct 28, 2011 7:34 pm
Dear Emile, God does not ask you to disguise yourself to serve him, he asks you to live by his teachings, love God and your neighbor is what he wants. And if...
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Emile Palafox
popsep
Oct 28, 2011 8:56 pm
I have No Bad filings thwarted any one ,,,,,But if the truth hurts, ,,,,then it is true. I am sorry,,,,,emile From: Richard C ofs <richard372000@...> To:...
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Emile Palafox
popsep
Oct 28, 2011 8:56 pm
Richard,         I have nothing But Love for my neighbor, that is why My house of God will be for all that has a pure of heart for God , to love,...
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Alberto Guimarães
dionilasa
Oct 28, 2011 8:56 pm
Peace and Good! I suggest Emile to see my photos and make a habit like the mine. Here are the links to some photos: With the tunic:...
