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Secular Franciscan is beatified – Veronica Antal of Romania

March 31, 2020 / Cause of Saints, Main Page, News, Projects / By

NISIPORESTI, ROMANIA — A 22-year-old Romanian Secular Franciscan – Veronica Antal – was beatified Sept. 23, 2018 as a “martyr to chastity,” six decades after she was murdered while fighting off a would-be rapist during the Communist-era repression of the Catholic Church. Catholic News Service reported that Cardinal Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Vatican Congregation …

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Secular Franciscan is beatified – School teacher Lucien Botovasoa of Madagascar

April 1, 2020 / Cause of Saints, Main Page, News, Projects / By

The Secular Franciscan Order participated in all the preparatory phases of the beatification ceremony. For the great Franciscan family – 1,000 secular and religious — it was a moment to live fraternal joy in one community…during three days of pilgrimage: 13, 14, 15 April 2018.  The pilgrimage began at a church near where Lucien lived …

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The Secular Franciscan Order

Leave a Comment / October 12, 2019 / Main Page / By

The Secular Franciscan Order belongs to the Franciscan Family and is “formed by the organic union of all the Catholic fraternities, whose members, moved by the Holy Spirit, commit themselves through profession to live the Gospel after the manner of St. Francis in their secular state following the Rule approved by the Church” (Const. 1,3). …

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