March 15, 2009
My dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
As many of you know, today is the 14th Anniversary of the founding of the Franciscans of Divine Providence. We celebrate this day by giving thanks for all of the good people whom God has sent to us over the years, including those who walked with us for a distance and later chose a different direction in their faith journey. While I wish that they had all remained with us on our common journey, I am glad for them, if by joining us they received the grace and the motivation to go on to do greater things for the love of God.
One of the basic goals of our Order has always been to empower people to do great things for the love of God. We have always been willing to gather the "stones" that others would have rejected. From our point of view, every stone has value and a purpose when it comes to repairing God's House.
I want to thank those who remembered our Order's anniversary. Further, I want to extend an invitation to our readers, to consider joining the Franciscans of Divine Providence. We are a canonical religious Order to the Trinitarian Catholic Church, which is a progressive, autocephalous Catholic Jurisdiction. We are one of the many emerging Catholic communities in the United States and elsewhere that has valid Apostolic Succession, but is not in union with the Roman Catholic Church.
We'd like to hear from small, unaffiliated, independent Catholic religious Orders, faith communities and individuals who might wish to become affiliated with our Church. I'd encourage you to visit our FDP-TCC website to learn more about us. Please write to us if you have questions or just wish to tell us about yourself and your faith journey.
Blessings!
+Bishop Russell
I'm just a person who gathers Stones. . .
- +Bishop Russell Francis, FDP
- Rocky Hill, Connecticut, United States
- +Bishop Russell is the Metropolitan Bishop of the Trinitarian Catholic Church (TCC). The TCC is a progressive, autocephalous Catholic Jurisdiction in Apostolic Succession. We include ourselves among a growing list of emerging Catholic faith communities that are not in "perfect" union with the See of Rome. +Bishop Russell founded the Franciscans of Divine Providence (FDP) in 1995. The FDP is a canonical, non-residential, ministerial, religious Order for men and women of the Trinitarian Catholic Church, which is guided by a Franciscan charism. The Jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Diocese of Hope includes the New England states, New York, New Jersey and Missouri (USA). Our Church and our Order are open and affirming to people from all walks of life. We work to repair God's House, in the spirit of St. Francis: one Stone at a time! Through a Gospel life that is lived among God's people, we seek to build bridges that unite all people of faith.
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