A GUIDE TO THE WEBSITE
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ABOUT US - ST. FRANCIS: Here you will find accounts of the life of St Francis and why he is so popular. You can consult booklists about St Francis and Franciscans and order the books you want. There is also a complete reproduction of the legendary life of St Francis in the frescoes by Giotto in the Upper Basilica, Assisi, with excerpts from the early sources, especially St Bonaventure's Major Legend: click here
ABOUT US - HERITAGE: This is a gradually expanding section giving the history of the Franciscans in Britain.
At the bottom of the page there are numerous links to other accounts, including whole books that can be read online: Click here.
A separate page gives a brief account of the lives of all the members of the Province who have been canonised or beatified: click here
Another page lists all the Ministers Provincial of the Province from the beginning in 1224 to the present day click here
ABOUT US - MISSIONS: This is an overview of the missionary activity of the Province in modern times: click here At the bottom of the page there is a link to a full list of the members of the Province of Our Lady Queen of Peace, Southern Africa, which began as a mission of our Province: click here.
ABOUT US - MINISTRY: Here you will find an outline of the activities of the individual friars of the Province: click here
ABOUT US - VOCATIONS: A description of the process by which someone becomes a friar in our Province, what is required, the various stages of formation, and how to apply: click here. There is a link to our Vocations Website http://www.friaruk.org
NEWS: Headline accounts of all the latest items of news about happenings in our Province and to our friars, with a link from each one to a full account, usually with photographs: click here
NEWS ARCHIVE: Items of lasting interest from previous years with a link from each one to a full account, usually with photographs: click here
EVENTS: Here you will find a diary of recent and upcoming events in the life of the Province and the Order with a link to fuller information: click here
PUBLICATIONS: Here you will find the latest issue of our regular publication "The Troubadour" with a link to back numbers. From the past you can view any issue of "Franciscan News" (October 2006 - July 2009). There are also links to allow you to read the latest and previous issues of "FISC News", "Fraternitas", "Koinonia", "Contact" and "Acta Ordinis": click here and scroll down. There is a description of the special publications by our Province for the Jubilee Year 2009 and still available: click here and scroll down
PRAYERS AND READINGS: All the prayers of Saint Francis, his writings, the Rule, other useful prayers including a link to today's Liturgy of the Church and a Calendar of Franciscan celebrations, all available for quiet prayer and reflection: click here
LOCATIONS: Information about each Friary in our Province and the friars who are there with a page of local news. Where it exists, there will be a link to the parish website: click here
From North to South:
Edinburgh (Craigmillar): click here
- Local news: click here
Glasgow: click here
- Local News: click here
Nottingham: click here
- Local News: click here
Stratford E15: click here
- Local News: click here
Woodford Green: click here
- Local News: click here
Canterbury: click here
- Local News: click here
Clevedon: click here
- Local News: click here
Cold Ash: click here
- Local News: click here
FORMER LOCATIONS: Information about former friaries which are still living in the memory of our present friars. This section will gradually expand. At present there are pages about
Chilworth: click here and here
Dundee: click here
East Bergholt: click here
Ipswich: click here
Manchester: click here
Q & A: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Here readers' questions of general Franciscan interest are answered to be read by all. You are invited to write your questions to questions@friar.org. Have a look now click here
LINKS: A page of links to really useful websites which can be reached by a simple click on a link. Once there, you will find further links to other websites: click here
OBITUARIES: An index of friars whose death has been reported on this website with a link to the account of their funerals with photographs and often with the text of the funeral homily click here
SEARCH: A search engine for this website: click here
CONTACT: How to make contact with us: click here
HOME PAGE: If you want to go back to the opening page with its list of the most recent additions made to this website click here
PERMANENT FEATURES - Reports and News items of permanent interest:
1. A photochronicle of the First Profession of Vows in our Order click here
2. A photochronicle of the Ordination of a Priest click here
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