English Bi-Ritual Franciscan Order Dissolved
The British ‘Marian Franciscans’, a break-away group from the Franciscans of the Immaculate, cease to exist on 31 May, they announced today.
The leading public figure is Fr Serafino M. Lanzetta.
The UK community consists of about 20 friars and 20 sisters and used both, the Novus Ordo and the Mass in the Roman rite. It had two priories, in Portsmouth and in Dundee.
The original order, the Franciscans of the Immaculate, underwent a dramatic Vatican destruction beginning in 2013 (founder: Fr Stefano Manelli).
In November 2014, some friars and seminarians gravitated toward the UK. On 31 May, 2018, the community was erected as a Public Association of the Faithful in the Diocese of Portsmouth by Bishop Philip Egan, who is among the better bishops in Europe.
The friars voted on 27 April to petition for dissolution, and Bishop Egan issued the decree of dissolution on 24 May.
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The Marian Franciscans, a traditional Franciscan community of friars and sisters in the United Kingdom, will be dissolved on May 31, eight years after their foundation. The decision followed a vote by the friars and was confirmed by a decree from Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth. Although the community experienced growth in membership and ministry, it stated that insufficient practical and canonical support made it impossible to continue its formation programs and future priestly ordinations.
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