The Third Order Regular in Assisi, a small order compared to the three main branches of Franciscan monks, have commissioned new habits from a Milan fashion designer to update their look.

While they serve, the third-order Franciscans wear habits, the plain robes that St. Francis also wore. “You get all kinds of reactions,” Hanna said. “Some people come up to you and ask for ...

The black pleated habit used by the Franciscans' Third Regular Order for 150 years, not only "weighed a ton", the friars complained, but looked "cliched", and failed to reflect their philosophy.

Since receiving the commission last year to redesign the habit worn by 90 Franciscan friars of the Third Order Regular, Ms Bianchetti and her design have been praised, debated and excoriated in ...

The Third Order Regular in Assisi, a small order compared to the three main branches of Franciscan monks, have commissioned new habits from a Milan fashion designer to update their look. "We needed a ...

Dressed in black or blue clerics, or habits in various shades of brown ... of religious orders represented here,” said Third Order Regular Franciscan Sister Ellen Marie with the Sisters of ...

It is being worn on an experimental basis by the Franciscan Third Order ... of moves within the order encouraging Franciscans to return to their roots. An antique grey habit kept in Assisi ...

In Antwerp, Van Engen came across two copies of letters from Geert Grote concerning the third Franciscan order, which were previously unknown. These date from about 1380 and were possibly intended ...

A special open house hosted by the Secular Franciscans of Terre Haute will take place at 8 p.m. Wednesday in St. Joseph University Parish Center’s Gregorian Room, 113 S. Fifth St. The Secular ...