FRANCISCAN OF THE IMMACULATE

Franciscan of the Immaculate –  Sister Maria Veritatis del Paradiso, F.I.                                                                           “Caritas Mariae Urget Nos”  –  “The Love of Mary Urges Us”                                        “Devotion to the Eucharist together with devotion to Mary is the devotion of Paradise”

Founders:  Reverend Stefano Manelli                                                                                                                           Reverend Gabriel Pelletieri

Place:  Frigento, Italy

Year:  1985 A.D.

Her Charism:  Clothed with the angelic garment of the Immaculate Virgin and clad with sandals of seraphic poverty, prayer, penance, and perfect joy, this Sister makes us of every means great and small (publications, radio, TV, art) to promote the Kingdom of God everywhere through the Miraculous Medal.  She is totally consecrated to the Immaculate Virgin in the manner and spirit of St. Maximilian Kolbe so that She may transform her into Christ Crucified, her whole sanctity, and let her be consumed in the conquest of souls.  She is willing to die of hunger, fatigue, humiliations and sufferings for the Immaculate One, as  this Sister realizes that the deadliest poison of our times is indifference.