they preach to the public and tried to convert those who aren't christians. they also lived in extreme poverty because they wanted to live just as jesus did, they had no home.
This is the uniquely Franciscan term for a parsonage, priestly housing, rectory etc. as used by the Franciscan Friars ( a corruption of Frater- Brother) This term is only used by the Franciscan...
The Franciscans are several orders of priests, brothers and sisters who follow the tenets set forth by St. Francis of Assisi when he established the Order of Friars Minor.
Franciscans are not monks, they are friars. Monks live in monasteries and usually work in monasteries. Friars work outside their residence and are sometimes assigned as parish priests, teachers and...