We would love to hear from you!

To learn more about the Secular Franciscan Order, please contact us - we'd love to hear from you! We're located in Oceanside, CA, but can help you find a Fraternity near you. 

Please keep all those impacted by the Coronavirus in your prayers. ​We'd like to share our Franciscan ‘Blessing of the Sick’  prayer with you and your community (PDF here).

Next SLR Secular Franciscan Gathering, Sunday 9/12/2021

Our next Gathering is Sunday, September 12th at Mission San Luis Rey.  We'll be offering a combined in-person and Zoom session. For the in-person session, masks are required for all in-door activities. Please honor this as an act of Christian charity. Our schedule will be:

• 10am:  Mass in the Serra Center (please be aware this Mass is heavily attended)
  
• 11:30am:  Meet at the tables outside the O'Keefe Lounge for a brown-bag lunch
  
• 12:30pm:  Community prayer in the St. Clare Chapel
  
• 12:45pm:  Eucharistic Adoration
  
• 1pm-3pm: Monthly Gathering in a Retreat Center Room (Note: This is the portion of the day that will be shared via Zoom).
  

Please reach out to us on our 'Contact' page if you'd like to join us. Pace e Bene!!!

SLR Fraternity Evening Vespers, September 15 at 7pm

Come join us on Zoom on September 15th at 7pm where we, as a Secular Franciscan community, share in a time of pray and contemplations focusing on Our Lady of Sorrows. Contact us if you'd like a meeting invitation - we'd love for you to join us!

Message from the Minister Provincial on Racism

Fr. David Gaa, OFM

Fr. David Gaa OFM, the Minister Provincial of the Franciscan Province of St. Barbara, has written an open letter to his White Sisters and Brothers who are Roman Catholic. In it he addresses the evil of systemic racism. He argues that racism is a spiritual wound and invites us to walk forward together as we struggle for a world of racial equality. Read his letter here.

Message from the Minister General on Coronavirus

Tibor Kauser, OFS

Our Minister General of the global Secular Franciscan Order, Tibor Kauser, says, ‘Solidarity and fraternal life becomes a new meaning’ in times such as these. He asks us to pray for all those impacted by Coronavirus.  Tibor has written a letter to the entire Secular Franciscan Order. You can find it here. 

Retreat Center Programs

Mission San Luis Rey Retreat Center offers a variety of Retreats, Programs, and Events with more always being added. To learn more and to Register go to the Retreat Center website.  The Retreat Center is a ministry of the Franciscan Friars Province of Saint Barbara.

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Christ, the gift of the Father's love, is the way to him, the truth into which the Holy Spirit leads us,
and the life which he has come to give abundantly.
From the Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order