Our National Newsletter - TAU-USA

     The San Luis Rey Fraternity, part of the St. Francis Region in Southern California, is also a part of our Secular Franciscan USA National Fraternity.  Jan Parker, OFS is our National Minister.

​       Our National Newsletter is the 'TAU-USA.' The current newsletter  and several years of past issues can be accessed on our National newsletter archive. ​​

Jan Parker, OFS

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Our National Executive Secular Franciscan Council 
Front, from left: Mary Bittner, OFS, national vice minister; Jan Parker, OFS, national minister; and Mattie Ward, OFS, national secretary. Back, from left: Joan Geiger, OFS, national councilor; Awilda Guadalupe, OFS, national councilor; Jerry Rousseau, OFS, national Treasurer; Mary Stronach, OFS, international councilor; Mary Frances Charsky, national councilor;
and Br. Bob Brady, OFM, president-in-turn of the Conference of National Spiritual Assistants.
​(Photo Credit to the US Franciscans)

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The Secular Franciscan Order is divided into fraternities of various levels -- local, regional, national, and international. Each one has its own moral personality in the Church.
From the Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order