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Birth of a Secular Franciscan Fraternity

Drawing by Joe Antonelli

“Called to Serve” by Toni Maconi, OFS,
book published in 2016 by TAU publishing.

We invite you to listen to the story of a Secular Franciscan Fraternity, the Little Portion Fraternity.

We would like to support the project of another secular Franciscan, Gerry Straub OFS, who started a project for poor children in Haiti: Santa Chiara Children´s Center.

01: Preface

02: Introduction

03: January, 1982: The dream

04: The word spreads, the team grows

05: The roots of the Order

06: The Project begins to take shape

07: The chapel reveals its beauty

08: The Rule in action

09: The message spreads

10: Fraternity begins to build

11: Many hands help out

12: The house opens, and a dream is realized

13: The team grows

14: Volunteers wonder: What next?

15: On the road to becoming Franciscan

16: Complete reliance on God

17: Volunteers use their time and talents

18: Feeding the body and soul

19: The Heart of the House

20: Growing pains for the fraternity

21: Religion, literature, art brought together

22: The beginning of the end

23: Saying Goodbye

24: The fraternity moves forward

25: Epilogue

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