OUR NEW GATHERING SPOT STARTING SEPTEMBER As St. John the Evangelist parish takes up a major renovation, our fraternity will meet in a new temporary space - at Christ the King Church Annex in Glen Burnie. The address is 120 Dorsey Rd Glen Burnie, … [Read more]
CELEBRATING CENTENARIES – 2023-2026
This year marks the eighth centenary (1224-2024) of the gift of stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi. As is customary for Francis, he would go up to Mount La Verna during Lent to pray in silence and to fast. While in La Verna in the … [Read more]
GREETINGS
Our Fraternity WELCOME TO ST. CONRAD’s FRATERNITY#57105 Annapolis, MDWe are an active community of Secular Franciscans servicing a wide area of communities in Maryland; Bowie/Crofton, Annapolis, Severna Park, Glen Burnie, and across … [Read more]
FEATURED EVENTS/PHOTOS-VISIT TO A BYZANTINE CHURCH
On October 23, 2023, the fraternity held its October meeting at a Ukrainian-Greek Catholic Church in Washington, DC , the Monastery of the Holy Cross. The day’s activities began with the Eastern rites of the Divine Liturgy that was … [Read more]
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FOUNDING OF OUR FRATERNITY
The Secular Franciscan Order of St. Conrad was founded in 1971 in Annapolis, Maryland. Fr. Edwin Dorzweiler, OFM Cap was its first Spiritual Assistant, followed by 23 other brothers of the Office of Friar Minors, Capuchin Order of St. Augustine … [Read more]
