Secular Franciscan Order Southeast Region USA
The Brothers and Sisters of St. Francis Fraternity is one of 30 regional fraternities throughout the United States and itself is organized into 33 local fraternities, which are located in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
The Regional Fraternity of Brothers and Sisters of St. Francis –61 was established by the National Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order on October 20, 1994.
The Celebration of Establishment was held Saturday, April 28, 1995, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Greenville, South Carolina. There were seventeen canonically established fraternities at that time. “That all may be one” was adopted as the motto of the region.
The regional newsletter was named Communio – “That all may be one”.
“We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become.”
St. Clare of Assisi