The Order of Friars Minor (also called the Franciscans, the Franciscan Order, or the Seraphic Order; postnominal abbreviation OFM) is a mendicant Catholic religious order, founded in 1209 by Francis of Assisi.
Franciscans website - www.ofm.org
Franciscan Mission in the Holy Land website - www.custodia.org
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