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  • 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)
    For OLOTA.ofs Facebook page! 
    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!



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