| The General Rule of the Old Catholic Order of St Francis (OCF) Prelude The Old Catholic Order of St Francis is an Old Catholic Franciscan religious Order consisting of men or women, married or single, clergy or laity who are called to dedication through lifelong discipline and vow. They dedicate themselves to our Lord as instruments of His peace. Old Catholic Franciscans may choose to either live in community as celibate brothers and sisters living in a friary or a convent or they may choose to live as secular tertiaries out in the world and living in their own homes. Secular tertiaries may be either single or married. Regardless of which road a brother or sister chooses we are all one and the same Old Catholic Franciscans and follow the same Rule of Life. Members of the Order, (hereafter referred to as Brothers for men and Sisters for women), make a lifelong commitment to live in simplicity, prayer, love, and joy. Fully professed Brothers and Sisters follow vows of simplicity or poverty, chastity and obedience within the context of their chosen vocation in life. |
Old Catholic Order of St. Francis (OCF)