Benedictine and Franciscan Spirituality and Third Orders

Order of Saint Benedict

Fulgens Radiatur, On St. Benedict of Nursia,Encyclical of His Holiness Pope Pius XII, March 21, 1947:  http://www.stthomasaquinas.net/encyclicals/Pius12/P12RADIA.HTM
This encyclical praises the great founder of the Order of St. Benedict and Father of western monasticism and his lasting contributions to the Church.

Holy Rule of St. Benedict:   http://home.flash.net/~oramus/rule.html
The great rule by the Father of Western Monasticism that laid the foundation for spiritual guidance and prudent governance for countless religious congregations of Holy Mother Church.

Regula S.P.N. Benedicti, Latin original text of the Holy Rule of St. Benedict:
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/fld/CLASSICS/benedict.html
 

Order of Friars Minor - Franciscan

Franciscan Spirituality, What Is It?   by Fr. Bede M. Hess, O. F. M. Conv. This classic manual  for spiritual instruction in the Franciscan tradition is utitlized by the Franciscan Tertiaries, i.e. Franciscan Third Order Seculars, who meet at our chapel.

Sacra Propediem, On the Third Order of St. Francis, Encyclical of His Holiness Pope Benedict
XV, January 6, 1921. http://www.stthomasaquinas.net/encyclicals/Ben15/B15SAPRO.HTM
 

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