Don't know who the Franciscans really are? You're not alone -- most people never get past the image of Friar Tuck or the garden statue of Francis with the birds.
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A religious order is a community of people bound together under a common Rule of Life. Here are some of the ways the OEF lives its common life, even while scattered across creation!
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OEF regional gathering, Chicago, August 17-18, 2007. Left to right: John Haselton (postulant), Leo Canizares, OEF; and Gwen Dillon, TSSF. Also attending the fellowship event were Chris Petersen, OEF, and Nancy Menning, OEF.
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Issues related to justice, peace, and the integrity of creation are integral to the Franciscan way.

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The OEF mission statement calls us to follow Christ "in lives of mutual care and accountability in harmony with the faith and practice of the whole Franciscan family."

Here's the way we seek to live out that calling, both in our corporate work as an Order and in the particular settings where we live.

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