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	Bambooweb: Franciscan
		and Pope Alexander IV, the influence of the order was notably increased, especially by the provisions of the latter pope in regard to the academic activity of the brothers.
		The Benedictine section of the Celestines was separated from the Franciscan section, and the latter was formally suppressed by Boniface in 1302.
		Among Franciscan celebrities of the later Middle Ages may be mentioned Nicholas of Lyra, the Biblical commentator, Bernardin of Sienna, John of Capistrano, Mollard and Menot as preachers, and the famous canonists Astesanus, Alvarus Pelagius, and William of Ockham.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/f/r/Franciscan.html (3941 words)

	Franciscan Order in modern times - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Franciscans also rendered important services to the cause of the Counterreformation in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, rivaling the Jesuit order in zeal, and frequently suffering martyrdom for their faith in England, the Netherlands, and Germany.
		The Secular Franciscan Order, known as the Third Order Secular of St. Francis prior to 1978, is an order founded by St. Francis in 1212 for brothers and sisters who do not live in a religious community.
		Order of the Franciscans of the Holy Cross - a secular Ecumenical Franciscan Order
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Franciscan_Order_in_modern_times (751 words)

	Franciscan Summary
		At the same time the papacy recognized in the movement a potent instrument of church reform and increasingly intervened to oversee and channel its growth.
		While the various Orders of St. Francis are all Catholic foundations dating to the thirteenth century, there are several historically unrelated communities dating back to 1895 or later which bear the name of St. Francis and his habit within the Anglican Communion.
		The Order came to be a force in the medieval legal system, since one of its tenets forbade the use of arms, and thus the male members of the order could not be drafted into the constant and frequent battles cities and regions waged against one another in that era.
	www.bookrags.com /Franciscan (6571 words)

	Franciscan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		and Pope Alexander IV, the influence of the order was notably increased, especially by the provisions of the latter pope in regard to the academic activity of the brothers.
		The Benedictine section of the Celestines was separated from the Franciscan section, and the latter was formally suppressed by Boniface in 1302.
		Among Franciscan celebrities of the later Middle Ages may be mentioned Nicholas of Lyra, the Biblical commentator, Bernardin of Sienna, John of Capistrano, Oliver Maillard and Michel Menot as preachers, and the famous canonists Astesanus de Ast, Alvarus Pelagius, and William of Ockham.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Franciscan (4737 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Order of Friars Minor
		The order is divided into provinces (that is, associations of the convents in one country or district), which prescribe and define the sphere of activity of the various friars within their sphere of jurisdiction.
		These must not, however, be confounded with the Seraphic colleges, which are to be found in modern times in most of the provinces, and are devoted to the instruction of youthful candidates in the humanities, as a preparation for the novitiate, where the students first reeive the habit of the order.
		The order was established to minister to all classes, and the Franciscans have in every age discharged the spiritual offices of confessor and preacher in the palaces of sovereigns and in the huts of the poor.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06281a.htm (16204 words)

	The Order of the Holy Sepulcher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Order of the Hospital of Saint John, depriving the Order of Canons of the Holy Sepulcher of its autonomous status.
		it is decreed that the conferral of this Order pertains to the Patriarch...
		The Order is governed by the Grand Master with the officers of the Grand Magistery, which is composed of the Governor-General, who is nominated by the Grand Master from among the lay knights.
	www.chivalricorders.org /vatican/holysep.htm (7175 words)

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		VI.--According to the Franciscan "mystique" (in the modern and restricted meaning of the word, that is: "new" relations of "conscious" intimacy with God) the place accorded Christ, the object and means of contemplation according to man's whole being, is fixed according to the same principles.
		The discipline whereby the ascetic controls his faculties and his senses in order that they be docile and faithful to the directives of the spirit of Jesus, is for the Franciscan not a work of violence, repression or destruction but of growth and perfection.
		The Franciscan knows with the certitude of faith that he already possesses the object of his hope and of his love, so he is not overly concerned about some form of a higher and more or less unverifiable experience of these realities.
	www.ewtn.com /library/SPIRIT/FRANSPIR.TXT (7348 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		Franciscans is the common name used to designate a variety of mendicant religious orders of men or women tracing their origin to Francis of Assisi and following the Rule of St. Francis.
		A cardinal appointed by the pope as protector of the whole order was to supervise its activity.
		Among Franciscan celebrities of the later Middle Ages may be mentioned Nicholas of Lyra, the Biblical commentator, Bernardin of Sienna, John of Capistrano, Mollard and Menot as preachers, and the famous canonists Astesanus, Alvarus Pelagius, and William of Ockham.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Franciscan (4040 words)

	Asia Times Online :: Asian news and current affairs
		The Franciscans, with their devotion to the poor and opposition to an opulent church, were the modern-day communists of the medieval Church.
		It is time to shift from the economics of scarcity to a new economics based on the concept of plentitude to cure the modern-day plague of scarcity in a land of overcapacity.
		Overcapacity is the plague of the modern industrial economy, as agricultural overproduction was the plague of the agricultural economy of an earlier age.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Global_Economy/GG28Dj01.html (8048 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Franciscan
		The term Franciscan is used to refer to those in Roman Catholic religious orders which follow a body of regulations known as "The rule of St. Francis", or a member of one of these orders.
		Under John of Parma, who enjoyed the favor of Innocent IV and Pope Alexander IV, the influence of the order was notably increased, especially by the provisions of the latter pope in regard to the academic activity of the brothers.
		The Franciscan Gerard of Borgo San Donnino at this time issued a Joachimite tract and John of Parma was seen as favouring the condemned theology of Joachim of Fiore.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Franciscan (5318 words)

	Franciscan Friars Third Order Regular \|
		Since each of these themes could easily be the subject of an in-depth treatment, it is necessary to select from such a rich historic and spiritual patrimony according to a sound pedagogy and to impart the material gradually.
		The criteria for his selection should be that the texts explain the story and life of the Franciscan movement according to a fundamental idea without distortions, particularism or partisanship.
		The Rule of the Franciscan Order of Penance: ILF (1215) and the 2LF (1221) to all the-faithul penitents.
	www.franciscanfriarstor.com /resources/stf_course.htm (1308 words)

	order
		times under a given permutation results in the set in its original form.
		It appears that an apology is in order.
		We ought to leave early in order that we may not miss the train.
	www.infoplease.com /dictionary/order (795 words)

	Franciscan Youth International
		Franciscans International is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in General Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
		Franciscans International works to influence decisions that are made by the international community at the UN — concerning the poor, the environment and peace.
		Franciscans need to be at the international level so that grassroots testimonies can affect policies and laws that will protect the human rights of individuals and communities worldwide.
	www.franciscansinternational.org /fyi (5690 words)

	The Writings of St. Francis: Introduction
		The rules of the Orders founded by him were made to agree most scrupulously with the Gospels, and the religious life of his followers with the life of the Apostles.
		When at times he was praised, either in public or in private, he not only refused to accept such praise but protested that he was worthy only of contempt and abuse and was really saddened thereby.
		Thus at times when he found himself moved or likely to be influenced by sensual feeling, he did not hesitate to throw himself into a bush of thorns or, in the very depths of winter, to plunge into the icy waters of a stream.
	www.franciscan-archive.org /patriarcha/opera/fwintro.html (6718 words)

	Saint Padre Pio
		We are absolutely certain that we are in the presence of a 'giant’ of sanctity in our time, a socio-cultural and religious 'phenomenon’ that needs to be read and interpreted and offered to others, by learning from his experience and spirituality.
		May we be sensitive to the breath of the Spirit, attentive to the signs of the times, so as to read and interpret, assimilate and embody, guard and transmit, the clear and simple message that flows from his gospel example.
		He entered as a cleric in the Capuchin Order on 6 January 1903 and was ordained a priest on 10 August 1910, in the Cathedral of Benevento.
	www.franciscan-sfo.org /ciofs1.htm (3828 words)

	Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
		The Mission of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures therefore is to provide a comprehensive program of instruction in French, German and Spanish for students wishing to major/minor in these fields and to provide courses for students wishing to acquire skills in these languages on the elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels.
		Teaching in the modern languages emphasizes the four linguistic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in order to foster effective interpersonal communication, essential comprehension and appreciation of written and spoken texts, as well as reflection upon them, and critical reaction to them.
		It is directed and administered by a Franciscan University of Steubenville professor who accompanies the students throughout their stay in Mexico.
	www.franciscan.edu /Home2/apps/printer/main.aspx?id=1921 (973 words)

	Adelphiasophism: Modern Druids: The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids - Goddess Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Modern Druids: The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids
		All right, the believers in modern Druidry are dishonest or deluded in claiming to be a lost tradition, but the new sect they are creating has much in it to be admired as well as the barmy bits.
		As a variety of Franciscan Christians, they will pray, admire animals, birds and trees (while they exist) and seek to spot dryads, but otherwise will depend on God answering their prayers.
	www.adelphiasophism.com /goddess/gs17.html (1960 words)

	Franciscan Spirituality-Breton
		VI.--According to the Franciscan "mystique" (in the modern and restricted meaning of the word, that is: "new" relations of "conscious" intimacy with God) the place accorded Christ, the object and means of contemplation according to man's whole being, is fixed according to the same principles.
		The discipline whereby the ascetic controls his faculties and his senses in order that they be docile and faithful to the directives of the spirit of Jesus, is for the Franciscan not a work of violence, repression or destruction but of growth and perfection.
		The Franciscan knows with the certitude of faith that he already possesses the object of his hope and of his love, so he is not overly concerned about some form of a higher and more or less unverifiable experience of these realities.
	www.franciscan-sfo.org /franspir5.htm (8122 words)

	Repair My House (English)
		It is the time to preach it from the rooftops.
		Do not be afraid to break out of comfortable and routine modes of living, in order to take up the challenge of making Christ known in the modern 'metropolis.' It is you who must 'go out into the by-roads' and invite everyone you meet to the banquet which God has prepared for his people.
		The life and apostolate of the friars are rooted in the ideals and spirit of the Capuchin reform born in the early 16th century.
	www.franciscanfriars.com /RMH/RMHenglish.htm (705 words)

	National Work Commission - Secular Franciscan Order - U.S.A. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The National Work Commission is one of four Apostolic Commissions established by the National Fraternity of Secular Franciscan Order in the U.S.A. The other three Commissions are Ecology, Family, and Peace and Justice.
		All four Commissions emerge from the 1978 Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order which updated the Order to be consonant with the spirit of the Second Vatican Council.
		This secular spirituality is an incarnational spirituality that has Franciscan roots - for it was St. Francis who brought the Church a renewed reverence for the goodness and wonder of God's magnificent creation and humankind's participation in it.
	www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~zablocki (562 words)

	Province Newsletter - Franciscan Friars - Province of St. John the Baptist in Cincinnati, Ohio
		Wednesday it was time to debate the proposals, and the first one, as expected, generated the most spirited and emotional discussion.
		There was time in the morning for brief presentations from five friars whose names were submitted as candidates for provincial minister.
		And, in line with the Order’s commemoration of its founding, the council was given the go-ahead to implement a three-year spiritual pilgrimage for the province called Walking with Hope.
	www.franciscan.org /newsletters/Province/2005/province_newsletter_Vol10Num5.asp (4464 words)

	Explorers of the Americas - EnchantedLearning.com
		Cook's first journey was from 1768 to 1771, when he sailed to Tahiti in order to observe Venus as it passed between the Earth and the Sun (in order to try to determine the distance between the Earth and the Sun).
		At the time, he was trying to take the local chief hostage to get the natives to return a sailboat they had stolen.
		As governor, Portola was ordered to arrest and expel all Jesuits from their well-established colleges and 14 missions; many of these missions were given to the Franciscans.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/america.shtml (9894 words)

	Illustrated Glossary of Terms Relating to California Missions
		The order was the first to establish missions in Mexico after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire and eventually would establish missions in northern Mexico, Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Baja California and finally Alta California from 1769-1823.
		The Franciscan Order in Serra's time wore the same type of habit as you see here although it would have been gray in those days rather than brown.
		The habit is still worn by Franciscans at Missions San Miguel, Santa Barbara, San Antonio, and San Luis Rey and by the Capuchin Franciscans at Mission Santa Inés (the Capuchin habit being distinguished by the larger size of its hood).
	www.ca-missions.org /illusgl.html (2630 words)

	Congo: A Microcosm of the Global Divide & Conquer Schema
		A trust must first be established between the imperial power and the subject in order for the more advanced stages of colonialization and expropriation to commence.
		This of course was a time of great conflict which was anti-colonialist by nature and eventually paved the way for U.N. intervention.
		Another letter headed ``Operation Celeste'' gives details of orders to plant explosives in the wheel bay of an aircraft primed to go off as the wheels were retracted on takeoff.
	www.opposingdigits.com /congo (4019 words)

	Defending the Faith Conf. Stresses Apologetics
		The conference, held at Franciscan University of Steubenville July 29- July 31, focused on Christ reigning during troubled times.
		It’s God’s work.” In order to take on this demanding mission, one must have courage, he said during his Friday evening keynote talk, which was often interrupted by thunderous applause by the audience.
		The Defending the Faith Conference was the last of 21 Franciscan University summer conferences held on its campus in Steubenville, Ohio, and in eight states.
	www.franciscan.edu /Home2/apps/printer/main.aspx?id=1553 (1103 words)

	Franciscan
		The Order of Friars Minor (commonly called the Franciscans) is a mendicant religious order of men tracing their origin to Francis of Assisi and following the Rule of St. Francis.
		Among Franciscan celebrities of the later Middle Ages may be mentioned Nicholas of Lyra, the Biblical commentator, Bernardin of Sienna, John of Capistrano, Oliver Maillard and Michel Menot as preachers, and the famous canonists Astesanus de Ast, Alvarus Pelagius, and William of Ockham.
		Later again came sound historical investigators such as Luke Wadding and Antoine Pagi.
	articles.gourt.com /en/Franciscans (4943 words)

	The Reliquary
		It is the only such Gazetteer of which I know.
		Select a reliquary to visit, arranged in alphabetical order by saint.
		Franciscan Brothers of the Sacred Heart: Homepage of the contemplative order's St. Francis Friary, located in Fargo, North Dakota.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Olympus/9587/relics.html (1418 words)

	The Doctors and St. Mary
		Maria Valtorta, Tertiary of the Order of the Servants of Mary (1897-1961)
		As then a demon in the bodily form of a serpent was sent by the devil to lead Eve astray, who was at that time both a virgin and espoused to a man, so an angel was sent by God in bodily guise to Mary, likewise a virgin and spouse.
		They are a rich complements and always point to the gospel and what the doctors and saints have explained from the times of the Apostles and earlier times.
	doctorsofthecatholicchurch.com /TDAM.html (19325 words)

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