Formation Resources

The following are resources recommended for Initial and Ongoing Formation

 

1- Holy Scripture

2- The Catechism of the Catholic Church

3- TOF Rule of 1883 promulgated by Pope Leo XIII, available here.

4- Constitutions of the Third Order Secular of St. Francis, available here.

5- Statutes of the Franciscan Tertiaries of the OFM Province of the Immaculate Conception, available here.

6- Call to Commitment in the School of St. Francis, by Gervais Aeby OFM Cap et al.  Currently out of print, occasionally available online for purchase.

7- New Catechism of the Third Order, by Marion A. Habig, OFM. Currently out of print, occasionally available online.

8- Handbook of the Third Order Secular of St. Francis of Assisi, by B. Gummermann, OFM Cap.  Available in pdf format here.  Reprinted edition available for purchase here.

9- The Admonitions of St. Francis of Assisi, by Lothar Hardick, OFM. Currently out of print, occasionally available online for purchase.

10- Treatise on The Office of the Paters, available here.

11- The Seraphic Order: A Traditional Franciscan Book of Saints, by Marion Habig, OFM.  Available online for purchase.

12- Biographies on St. Francis of Assisi:

  • The First Life of St. Francis of Assisi, by Thomas of Celano.  Available online for purchase.
  • St. Francis of Assisi: A Biography, by Omer Englebert.  Available online for purchase.

13- Mystical Theology, by Dionysius the Areopagite, on Christian mysticism, available here.