3 - Canonical Visitation Report of Third Order Fraternities for 1945

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Canonical Visitation Report of Third Order Fraternities for 1945

11 pp; typescript

Report of the canonical visitation of various Third Order lay fraternities in the United States compiled by Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. Information on fraternities in various locations in Delaware, Oregon, and California are made in the report. Father Fenelon expresses satisfaction with the zeal, interest, and cooperation shown by the Reverend Directors over the past year. Due to the addition of nine newly established fraternities and the reorganization of three inactive ones, the jurisdiction has grown to encompass twenty-two active groups boasting an estimated total membership of over five hundred individuals. Only two West Coast houses – Santa Inés (Old Mission) and Willits – currently remain outside the active sphere of the Third Order, primarily because local Catholics are unfamiliar with it; however, the report notes that three professed members are enough to form a fraternity and expresses confidence that explaining the Rule’s benefits will spark enthusiasm to join.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition