Below are links to the various handouts distributed at previous Fraternity meetings, as well as documents referenced in presentations at those meetings.
Videos
- Lift The City – a Catholic Eucharistic flash mob (7/17/2011)
- Secular Franciscan Order – Come and See (9/17/2011)
PowerPoint Presentations
- Our Lady of Guadalupe (prepared and given by Ryan Pineda, Seminarian, 11/18/2012)
- Fasting (PowerPoint handouts) – Preparing for, benefits of, and ways to do so, with Catechism citations (Vicky Spalding, 8/17/2014) (see additional notes under Faith and Church Doctrine, below)
- History of the Tau Cross (prepared by Adele Lewis, presented by Michele Dunne, 10/20/2018)
The Secular Franciscan Order, the Rule, and Franciscan Family
- An Historic Overview of The Secular Franciscan Rule (Chris Cropper, 9/18/2011)
- Signs of presence or absence of vocation to the OFS (Adapted by David and Thérèse Ream, S.F.O., from: Lester Bach, O.F.M. Cap., Catch Me A Rainbow Too, 1999; uploaded 9/23/2011)
General or Administrative
- Guidelines (3/10/2014)
- Council Responsibilities (7/7/2018)
- The Fraternity Council and its Offices, extracted from the General Constitutions (2/16/2016)
Faith and Church Doctrine
- Conversion and Reconciliation – Presentation notes on Article 7 of the Rule (Conversion) and the sacrament of Reconciliation (Larry Bleau, 9/15/2019)
- Sacred Tradition – Meaning of Sacred Tradition, examples, based on Catechism and Dei Verbum (Larry Bleau, 9/20/15)
- Letter to the Bishops On Some Aspects of Christian Meditation, issued by Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on Oct 15, 1989 (also available on Vatican web site) (Corky Hart, 1/19/2014)
- Jesus Christ The Bearer of the Water of Life, issued by Pontifical Council for Culture and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (also available on Vatican web site) (Corky Hart, 1/19/2014)
- How Old Is Your Church – origins of various branches of Christianity (Vicky Spalding, 1/14/2011)
- Holy Water – the power of Holy Water and its uses as a sacramental (from leaflet dated 5/8/1925, printed in the 2001 Issue of The Voice of Padre Pio) (8/21/2011)
- Apostolic Pardon – A plenary indulgence that can be given when death is imminent. (9/15/2011)
- Fasting – Preparing for, benefits of, and ways to do so, with Catechism citations (Vicky Spalding, 8/17/2014)