Third Order Regular of Saint Francis of Penance
The Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance or simply the Third Order Regular of St. Francis is a mendicant order rooted in the Third Order of St. Francis which was founded in 1221. The members add the nominal letters T.O.R. after their names to indicate their membership in the congregation.
We are Franciscans
For us S. Francis of Assisi is a master and model. Many people, touched by the living testimony and fervent word of Francis, wish to follow him and live full fidelity to Christ like him.
We are religious
Consecrated life is a charisma that offers the baptized the possibility of a more intimate experience of God. In this perspective the religious follows Christ more closely and lets himself be guided by the holy Gospel as a rule of life.
We are tertiary
The Third Regular Order of St. Francis is an evangelical fraternity, which has its historical and spiritual roots in the ecclesial order of penance, in penitential movements and in St. Francis of Assisi.