THE ABBEY OF SAINT MARY THEOTOKOS
THE ORDER OF FRANCISCANS OF THE EUCHARIST
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WE ARE AN EASTERN AND ROMAN CATHOLIC FRANCISCAN RELIGIOUS ORDER, AN INTERNATIONAL ORDINARIATE. WE BOLDLY PROCLAIM OUR EASTERN AND ROMAN CATHOLIC IDENTITY. AS AN EASTERN RELIGIOUS ORDER, WE PROFESS TO BE A BRANCH OF THE EASTERN CHURCH AND, THEREFORE, A VALID BRANCH OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH.
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Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist Protocol:
Married Roman Catholic priests are priests who married after ordination in the Roman Catholic Church. A priest is always a priest: “sacred ordination never becomes invalid.” (Canon 290) “Like Melchizedek, you are a priest forever.” (Psalm 110:4)
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Why do priests have abbeys not churches?
Community members of Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist set up home-based abbeys to minister to celibate and married Roman Catholic and Catholic priests and laity by offering them a welcoming home, support, acceptance, affirmation of their marriages, and validation of their lives and ministries. It also welcomes laity who support married and celibate priests. The abbey is a place where members are called to live out the Franciscan “Rule of Life” and to assist O.F.E. to accomplish its mission, goals, apostolic works, and charism. The abbey is where all are welcome to celebrate Eucharist and other sacraments.
Abbeys are self-governing, with abbots and brothers supporting themselves and their ministries with secular, church-related, and/or church employment and adhere to the tentmaker tradition of the Apostle Paul, the “modern” term is bi-vocational priest.
Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist Secular Protocol:
We are pleased to announce that we have established the Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist Secular for Roman Catholic laity and wives of married Roman Catholic priests. [Consideration given for membership of non-Roman Catholic laity who are of the “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church.”]
We welcome Roman Catholic laity who are called to live the Franciscan “Rule of Life” and to assist the Order to accomplish its goals, mission, charism, and apostolic works for married Roman Catholic priests.
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Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist Ecclesiastical Affiliation Charter Protocol:
We establish Ecclesiastical Affiliation Charters with abbeys, churches, hermitages, religious orders, congregations, missions, societies, associations, educational institutions, monasteries, archdioceses, dioceses, and ministry organizations to help them fulfill their respective missions. Each charter member will operate independently, maintaining their current system of disciplines and teachings.
They accept the authority of the Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist over all matters of Faith and Practices. The charter member may not legally or financially obligate the Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist in anyway.
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.Sanctification of Families Union of Saint Francis of Assisi Protocol:
“In leading family life and in educating children married clergy are to show an outstanding example to other Christian faithful.” (Cf. 1990 Code of Canons of Oriental Churches, Canon, n. 375)
The Sanctification of Families Union of Saint Francis of Assisi is an international confraternity of prayer and ministry of the Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist, Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist Secular, and Abbey of Saint Mary Theotokos, Inc. It is comprised of priests, religious and laity from all religious traditions who commit to prayer for the sanctification of families and of married Roman Catholic priests.
Note: “…many elements of sanctification and of truth” are found
outside the visible confines of the Catholic Church: “The written
Word of God; the life of grace; faith, hope, and charity, with the
other interior gifts of the Holy Spirit, as well as visible elements.”
Christ’s Spirit uses these Churches and ecclesial communities as
means of salvation, whose power derives from the fullness of grace
and truth that Christ has entrusted to the Catholic Church. All these blessings come from Christ and lead to him, and are in themselves
calls to “Catholic unity.” (Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 819)
Doctor of Divinity Degree Program Ministry Protocol:
The Most Reverend Michael Cuozzo, O.C.R., O.F.E., of the Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist and by virtue of the authority vested in him, confer upon applicants who are distinguished to be awarded a Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) Degree, with all the Honors, Rights, and Privileges.
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Primate
Presiding Archbishop
The Most Reverend Michael Cuozzo, O.C.R., O.F.E., D.D., S.T.D., Ph.D., M.A.
Dean of Academic Affairs
The ecclesiastical Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) Degree is awarded to members of a religion in recognition of noteworthy contributions and the lives they touched.
Requirement for the Doctor of Divinity Degree: Ordination from an organized religion; copies of ordination certificate or letter; copies of curriculum vitae or résumé; Doctor of Divinity Ministry Application; and humanitarian charity donation of $100.00 money order or certified check payable to the Abbey of Saint Mary Theotokos, Inc.
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International Conference of Catholic and Autocephalous Bishops Protocol:
The International Conference of Catholic and Autocephalous Bishops (I.C.C.A.B.) is an assembly of the hierarchy of bishops who jointly exercise pastoral functions on behalf of the Christian faithful.
The mission work of the International Conference of Catholic and Autocephalous Bishops (I.C.C.A.B.) shall be the propagation and defense of the Faith and in service as the visible sign and expression of the Unity of the Church.
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