TOSF Question

[Tridentine_MT]

You’re right, Tony. It’s not Franciscan. Franciscans get misunderstood all the time. It’s a label they’ve decided to use.

Kevin812, they’re currently not using anything that even remotely resembles a Franciscan rule. **There are other lay organizations besides the SFO that use a Franciscan rule–aka BSP etc. **that they could join if what they really want is something generally in the Franciscan family but don’t like the SFO. And it’s possible they might even manage to put together one of their own, but the Church almost certainly isn’t going to approve something claiming to be Franciscan that’s really an SSPX helpers group–more or less a clerically focused altar society–and not Franciscan at all.

I am assuming that BSP stands for the Brothers and Sisters of Penance of St. Francis bspenance.org/Rule_and_Statutes.shtml.

If this is the case, what is their status within the Catholic Church? I’m considering joining the BSP (or the TOSF - SSPX if they reconcile with the Church) but I don’t want to embrace something not recognised by - or worse, against - the Catholic Church.

 

[Thomas_Casey]

Old thread. Please start a new one.

Thanks