Secular Franciscan Order Western Canada - Our Lady of the Angels (OLOTA) Region

Welcome to the website of Our Lady of the Angels Regional Fraternity! Our regional fraternity consists of local Secular Franciscan fraternities from Manitoba to British Columbia in Canada. Members of the local fraternities are lay people and diocesan clergy who follow the Rule of Secular Franciscan in living the Gospel in the spirit of St. Francis and St. Clare. According to our creed...

Letter from Minister General Tibor Kauser, ofs:  APPEAL FOR SYRIA & TURKEY EARTHQUAKE RELIEF.
Courses
OLOTA Zoom Booking Schedule

Novena to St. Francis (long)

Franciscan Crown Rosary (Power Point Slides)

Franciscan Crown Rosary (With Music and Narration, 57 minutes)
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To learn more about us:

Franciscan Youth and Young Adults (updated November 2, 2021)

Come and See

History of Secular Franciscan Order

List of Local Fraternities: Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia

Fraternity Map

More files

Local Fraternity Websites:
Little Portion, Victoria, BC
St. Mary's, Calgary, AB
St. Maximilian Kolbe, Red Deer, AB

Rule, constitutions, statutes, local fraternity council handbook, and brochures:
Fraternity Election during Pandemic

Letter from Tibor Kauser: Revised Translation of official documents of OFS (Dec. 2020)

Rule of Secular Franciscan Order (revised as of Dec. 2020)

General Constitutions (revised as of Dec. 2020)

Ritual (as of Dec. 2020)

National Fraternity Statutes (as of 2018)

Regional Statutes (updated May 24, 2019)

Local Fraternity Council Handbook (updated Aug 2022)

Friends of Francis Brochure

Forms to download:

Application form for candidacy

Profession Certificates (to be printed at 11x17 cardstock paper at Staples)

Transfer of a professed member: Microsoft Word, pdf

Canonical Establishment: Microsoft Word Document, pdf, sample

Regional updates (updated January 28, 2023):
Letter from Jewel Jasmin, ofs: National Fraternity of Canada – OFS Fraternité nationale du Canada - OFS
Message Regarding Invitation to Rome, November 2024
Letter from Tibor Kauser, ofs: CIOFS Fund to support Ukraine Refugees
Invitation to Rome, November 2024
Letter from Doug Clorey, ofs: Letter to National Fraternity of the Ukraine
OLOTA Messenger
2023: Jan, Feb
  2022: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, June, July, Aug, Sep, Oct/Nov, Dec, Christmas

      2021: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec



Message from Regional Spiritual Assistant:
2023: Jan
2022: Feb, Mar, Sep, Oct/Nov, Dec, Christmas

      2021: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Oct, Nov, Dec


OLOTA Regional Meeting Highlights: May 2022, May 2021, Feb 2021, Oct 2020
Book of Life

Past retreat and presentation materials - please email olotaofs@gmail.com to request access:
January 7, 2023 Video of Presentation by Fr. Arokiam: The Role of the BVM in the Life of Secular Franciscans
Presentation: How to Start a Franciscan Youth Group
Aug 21, 2021 Zoom Recording: SAs and SRPs gathering - talk by Br. Gerry Clyne, OFM
OLOTA JPIC Workshop on October 9, 2021

Zoom Recordings: BC Coastal Chapter of Mats June 13, 2020 and June 20, 2020
Advent Reflection by Sr. John Mary Sullivan: Love Incarnate - Hope for All

2019 National Conference Presentations: Talk 1, Talk 2, Talk 3, Talk 4, Talk 5 and 6

2019 BC Coastal retreat: New Wine 1, New Wine 2, Attitude 2, Attitude 3, Attitude 4

Belonging to the Secular Family by Doug Clorey, ofs (National Minister)

Building Family - Building Fraternity by Sr. John Mary Sullivan, FSE: Talk 1, Talk 2, and Talk 3

Formation:
CIOFS Guidelines of Initial Formation
Formation Material from CIOFS Family Commission
Formators Course Registration Forms: OLOTA, National, Correspondence
Franciscan View of Leadership by Fr Benjamin Ripley, OFM
Franciscan Journey: Supplementary Readings of Chapters
Franciscan Wake Service: pamphlet, one column document
Holy Spirit Novena
Humility - talk by Br. Gerry Clyne, OFM (click here for notes)
Instrumentum Laboris: Memo, Reading Material, Prayer for General Chapter, Questions in PDF, Questions in Doc
Living Fraternity
Message from Br. Gerry Clyne, OFM - March 2019
Paraliturgy for orientation, inquiry and candidacy period
Transitus of St. Francis: in the fraternity, at home

Franciscan Youth:

Presentation: How to Start a Franciscan Youth Group
Sowing Seeds of Franciscan Values in Our Youth

How to Start a Franciscan Youth Group

Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) - updated Feb. 27, 2022:
Pope Francis: Peace as a Journey of Hope: Dialogue, Reconciliation and Ecological Conversion
Sr. John Mary's talks on "One God One Mother Earth" (Oct. 9, 2021)

Laudato Si Study Guide

      Resources:

         Invitation from JPIC Office Italy Min. Gen. Michelle Perry OFM

          Chapter 1

          YouTube: St. Francis Befriended the Wolf
          Season of Creation Theme: Jubilee for the Earth

          Lifestyle Change

          More references are in the monthly OLOTA Messenger above.

Journeying towards Care for our Common Home - 5 years after Laudato Si

Fratelli Tutti -- Youtube Summary of Pope Francis' Encyclical Letter

50 ways to Care for Creation

Animation: Climate Change for Primary School

Animation: Laudato Si' for children

Animation: One Climate One World

Video clip: Who is my neighbour in a climate-threatened world?

Feast of St. Francis: Befriending the Wolf

Sep 25 - Oct 3: Novena of St. Francis

Sep 1 - Oct 4: Franciscan Season of Caring for Creation

Photo Albums:
2022 SUMMER BARBECUE at Mt. St. Francis Retreat Centre in Cochrane, Alberta
2022 Fine Arts Contest
2019 BC Coastal Annual Retreat

2019 Regional Chapter of Elections

2018 Youtube clip: 40 years of the New Rule

2018 Fine Arts Contest

Canonical Establishment of St. Pio, Surrey

Canonical Establishment of St. Agnes of Assisi, Coquitlam

2017 Poster Contest

2017 Chapter of Mats in Alberta

Username/password access is available only to professed members, ask your local fraternity minister to email olotaofs@gmail.com

Pax et bonum!