The Franciscan Path Community

The Franciscan Path Community

Franciscan Path Community (FWeG)

Foundation

A recurring thought became reality!

For a long time, Sr. M. Birgit Dorfmair, Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity, felt the call to create a “new community”. This community was meant to fill the group with joy.

Life based on faith and trust will shape the community and help its members to live, giving meaning and support.

To bring this heartfelt desire to life, Sr. M. Birgit shared her thoughts with trusted individuals. Many encouraged her to take further steps. After setting a suitable date, she invited like-minded people to a first meeting. Together with Sr. M. Birgit, seventeen people came.

Franziskanische Weggemeinschaft

“And they said to one another:
Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?”

Luke 24:32

Basic Principles

They were developed together and are lived with conviction:

  • Living according to Franciscan core values
  • There are no differences: origin, status, profession, ….
  • Open to all who seek the “true” life
  • Aims to reach people who can(not) relate to the “Church” (anymore). God speaks through different voices – everyone can and should say what comes to their heart.
  • Moving from “appearance” to “being” – everyone should be genuine – courage to have one’s own opinion
  • Everyone bears the same responsibility for the community
  • Community is not an “end in itself”
  • Mindful interaction within the community and with the community
  • Implementation of a social project

Franciscan Path Community (FWeG)

Description

The FWeG consists of lay people and nuns who shape their lives in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi.

In the FWeG, simplicity, mutual respect and appreciation, as well as careful treatment of creation, are highly valued. During regular meetings, rootedness in God and openness towards people are lived through prayer, exchange of spiritual topics, and also through cheerfulness and joy. Once a year, there is a social project for the benefit of people in need.

The community is characterized by a life of faith, joy, and trust, which gives meaning and support to its members. It sees itself as a vibrant and family-friendly community. – Our youngest member is Adam (born 2021). He attends our meetings with his mother.

The Religious Community SFCC the Franciscan Path Community

The meeting on November 26, 2016, with the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity served to introduce the FWeG and to get to know each other.
Every sister is invited to become a member of the FWeG.

“Not a few (religious) institutes have come to the conviction today, often due to new situations, that their charism can be shared with the laity.

They are therefore invited to participate more intensively in the spirituality and mission of the respective institute. It can be said that a new, hopeful chapter in the history of relationships between consecrated persons and the laity has begun.”

(SFCC Directory 27 – VC 54)