Search Franciscan Sources

Search the foundational documents of the Franciscan tradition. We want users to move through the translations with relative ease, moving from page to page and from text to text. Those texts are also searchable: readers to can pursue any idea and/or theme as they are represented by specific words or phrases. Registration to use these documents is free. Click here to search the documents.

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  • Commission on the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition

    In March 2001, the English-speaking Conference (ESC), Order of Friars Minor (OFM), undertook an initiative for the contemporary retrieval of the Franciscan Tradition. The commision on the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition (CFIT) is the result of that initiative.

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  • Franciscan Forum

    The Franciscan Tradition forum is a great place to meet students, scholars, pastors, retreat directors, and anyone else interested in the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition.

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  • Franciscan Resources

    Search our database of Franciscan texts, links, study centers, universities, books, and much more.

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  • Calendar of Events

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Custodians of the Tradition

Click here to learn more about the CUSTODIANS of the Tradition: Reclaiming the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition

Purpose

Our purpose in retrieving and revitalizing the tradition is thus subordinate to our mission to give people hope, speak to their fears, and present a coherent intellectual pathway which strengthens faith and encourages just action for our neighbors.