Community of St. Francis
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The Community of St. Francis (CSF) is a Franciscan Anglican religious order of sisters founded in 1905. The order is organised into a European Province, consisting of four houses in England, and an American Province, consisting of a single house in the United States. The five English houses are in Brixton, Stepney, Compton Durville (Somerset), Birmingham, and Leicester. The US house is located in San Francisco, and was established in 1974.
As First Order sisters, the CSF is an autonomous part of the Society of St. Francis (First Order brothers), which also includes the Order of St. Clare (Second Order sisters), and a Third Order of laypeople. Living under a Franciscan Rule, the sisters' primary vocation is prayer, study, and work in the context of community life. Some sisters serve as priests, and others are vowed to a solitary life. The CSF Sisters in Compton Durville, as part of their ministry, run a retreat/guest house. Compton Durville is near South Petherton.
[edit] References
- Anglican Religious Communities Yearbook: 2004-2005. Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2003.
[edit] External links
- Website for the European Province
- Website for the American Province
- The Society of St. Francis
- Details from the Anglican Communion website
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