Missionary Evangelization
Secretariat of Projects and Missionary Evangelization is an animating body to educate and promote the friars ...
JPIC
Secretariat of JPIC is an animating body of the Province to educate and encourage the friars to work for justice...
Lend A Hand
The Franciscan Province of St. Thomas the Apostle, India has more than 100 young men aspiring to become......
COME & SEE
Young Man,what stops you from a life of 'giving'? Come,join the Franciscans and make 'giving' your way of life...
Origin and Charism of the Order
The Order of Friars Minor founded by St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) is a fraternity. In this fraternity the friars follow Jesus Christ more closely under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit; through profession they dedicate themselves totally to God whom they love above all, living the Gospel in the Church according to the form observed and proposed by St. Francis. Friars, as followers of St. Francis, are bound to lead a radically evangelical life, namely: to live in a spirit of prayer and devotion and in fraternal fellowship; they are to offer a witness of penance and minority; and, in charity towards all mankind, they are to announce the Gospel throughout the whole world and to preach reconciliation, peace and justice by their deeds; and to show respect for creation.
OFM in India
The Dutch Franciscans started the first house in Bangalore, India in1948. Our Province was restructured in 2008 and created two more entities in India, with a Region in North India and a Foundation in North East India
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