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Welcome to the global site of Eric Michel Ministries International, a Canadian Non-for-Profit Organisation (NGO) founded by the Archbishop, the Most Reverend Eric Gagnon (QC), and Bishop, the Right Reverend Marie Arnold (NS), in 2014. Our Ministries are under Jesus through the Holy Mary.
This website shares some information about Franciscans from their foundation. We at Eric Michel Ministries International do not represent the OFS, and this website is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Secular Franciscan Order or any fraternity other than our Chart from the Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist.
It was founded in 1209 by St Francis of Assisi as a third-order secular, a Catholic lay order of men and women associated with the Franciscans. Approved 18 Aug 1289, at which time the SFO was an order of penitents who lived in their own homes, while the related R-XR0400 - Tertius Ordo Regularis Sancti Francisci (TOR) already lived in small communities. Renewed Rule approved, 24 Jun 1978, by Paul VI. Also known as Third Order Secular of St Francis and Terz'Ordine Francescano.
The Secular Franciscan Order (formerly known as the Third Order of St. Francis) was founded by St. Francis of Assisi in the thirteenth century. Initially, they were known as the Brothers and Sisters of Penance. The Secular Franciscan Order in the Catholic Church belongs to a global Franciscan Family that often works for justice, peace, and the care of creation worldwide.
"The Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order, "The Franciscan family, as one among many spiritual families raised by the Holy Spirit in the Church, unites all members of the people of God, laity, religious, and priests, who recognize that they are called to follow Christ in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi. In various ways and forms but in life-giving union with each other, they intend to present the charism of their typical Seraphic Father in the life and mission of the Church.
The EMMI Secular Franciscan Order is a community of Catholic men and women of any of the Rites in communion with Rome.
Our Mission Statement – “Our mission is to observe the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ by following the example of our holy father, Saint Francis of Assisi and the beautiful example of our beloved Saint Clare of Assisi, who made Christ the inspiration of their lives, in a spirit of community, humility, adoration and compassion, mirroring Christ in our lives.”
Our Lady of High Grace
Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia
Notre-Dame de Haute Grâce - Ministère Chrétien Catholique Marianiste & Teilhardiste
Our Lady of High Grace - Christian Catholic Marianist Ministry & Teilhardist
We are using the Anglican Rites
All our Theology and Philosophy are based on two passages of the Bible. First, John1:1-5: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. This one was at the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and apart from him, not one thing came into being that has come into being. In him was life, and life was the light of humanity. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
And the second on Ephesian 4: 4-6, one body and one Spirit (just as also you were called with one hope of your calling), one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all, in one word, CHRIST.
Eric Michel Ministries International
Having our roots in the UCGC from 1978
Canonical Hierarchy TOSF (2020) Chaplaincy (2014)
Third Order Franciscans of Our Lady of High Grace, a Holy Catholic Ministry using the Anglican Rite (2015) Third Order of Saint Francis Chaplaincy Charter of the Order Franciscans of the Eucharist (2022) Continuing Anglican movement, encompasses several Christian churches, principally based in North America, that have an Anglican identity and tradition but are not part of the Anglican Communion.
Anglo-Catholicism comprises beliefs and practices that emphasize the catholic heritage and identity of the various Anglican churches.
EMMI is an autocephalous ministry (literally, "self-headed") that refers to a church whose bishop is independent and does not report to any higher human authority, yet usually remains in communion with other affiliated churches.
The Holy Synod (Symposium) is the church's highest authority and formulates the rules and regulations regarding church organization, faith, and service order.
The principle of summoning a synod or council of ecclesiastical persons to discuss some grave question affecting the Church goes back to the beginning of the Church's history. Since the day when the Apostles met at Jerusalem to settle whether Gentile converts were to keep the Old Law (Acts 15:6–29), it had been the custom to call together such gatherings as occasion required. Bishops summoned synods of their clergy, metropolitans and patriarchs summoned their suffragans, and then, since 325, there was a succession of those most extraordinary synods, representing the whole Catholic world, known as general councils.
Autocephaly from Greek: αὐτοκεφαλία, meaning "property of being self-headed," is the status of a hierarchical Christian church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. The term is primarily used in Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches. The status has been compared with the churches (provinces) within the Anglican Communion.
