Brothers and Sisters of Penance of St. Francis
- Brothers and Sisters of Penance of St. Francis
The Brothers and Sisters of Penance of St. Francis is a private confraternity of the Roman Catholic Church whose members strive to model their lives according to the Rule and Statutes of the Primitive Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis, which was written for lay people in 1221 at the request of St. Francis of Assisi.
Right now there are more than several hundred members within the United States, and a few hundred more throughout the world. The order was originally started in 1996 by members of the Archdiocese of St. Paul in Minnesota.
External links
* [http://www.bspenance.org/ Brothers and Sisters of Penance of St. Francis]
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