Sanctification Of Families Union Of Saint Francis

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Founded within the Prelature of Pope John Paul II

Catholic Apostolic Church | Eastern Rite | International Ordinariate

Established 1985

Roman Catholic Franciscan Religious Order,

An International Ordinariate

Abbey of Saint Mary Theotokos

Province of Saint Mary Theotokos

Order of Franciscans Ecumenical

(The Worldwide Order of Franciscans Ecumenical)

Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist

Very Reverend Michael Cuozzo+, OFE, Minister General

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Sanctification of Families Union of Saint Francis of Assisi

Members

» Very Reverend Friar Michael Cuozzo+, OFE, MDiv, DD, STD, PhD

Member: July 11, 2016

» Adeline Kvemshagen Schmidt

Member: May 15, 2017

» Reverend Akos Konya, MTh, CFS, AOA

Member: January 30, 2020

In Memoriam Members

» Reverend Friar Leonard Edward Schmidt+, OFE, BEd, BA, MA

Member: July 25, 2016

“In leading family life and in educating children married clergy are to show an outstanding example to other Christian faithful.” (Cf. 1990 Code of Canons of Oriental Churches, Canon, n. 375)

The Sanctification of Families Union of Saint Francis of Assisi is an international confraternity of prayer and ministry of the Order of Franciscans Eucharist, Order of Franciscans Ecumenical, Order of Franciscans Ecumenical Secular, Catholic Order of Franciscans Ecumenical, and Abbey of Saint Mary Theotokos, Inc. It is comprised of priests, pastors, religious, and laity from all religious traditions who commit to prayer for the sanctification of families and of married Roman Catholic priests.

Membership

Open, read, and print application form: MEMBERSHIP FORM

Note: “…many elements of sanctification and of truth” are found outside the visible confines of the Catholic Church: “The written Word of God; the life of grace; faith, hope, and charity, with the other interior gifts of the Holy Spirit, as well as visible elements.” Christ’s Spirit uses these Churches and ecclesial communities as means of salvation, whose power derives from the fullness of grace and truth that Christ has entrusted to the Catholic Church. All these blessings come from Christ and lead to him, and are in themselves calls to “Catholic unity.” (Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 819)

ORDER OF FRANCISCANS OF THE EUCHARIST | ORDER OF FRANCISCANS ECUMENICAL

Roman Catholic Franciscan Religious Order, An International Ordinariate

Very Reverend Michael Cuozzo+, OFE, MDiv, DD, STD, PhD, Minister General

Post Office Box 77775

Corona, CA 92877-0125 USA

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We are a Roman Catholic Franciscan Religious Order, An International Ordinariate that minster to celibate and married Roman Catholic and Catholic priests and laity.

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