The time has come to “Go, Rebuild My Church!”

 Are you interested in joining a new Franciscan Association being designed for deacons and wives
that will be aligned under the new CHARIS Public Association of the Faithful at the Vatican? Our
primary mission will be to 1) Form families into missionary disciples, 2) Develop an online pre-
diaconate formation process using ChristLife as our process evangelization system to discern
potential candidate couples, and 3) Provide a simple Franciscan Rule of Life for families in
neighborhoods that will fulfill Pope Leo XIII’s direction and Kevin Cardinal Farrell’s desire for laity and
clergy across the globe. If you are interested, please read the attached documents for background.

Throughout the month of October 2023, Catholic Bishops will be meeting for the Synod on Synodality.
The Holy Father, who chose the name Francis, wants to fulfill St. Francis’s dream to “Go rebuild My
Church!” The Pope will be there. Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Seminarians, and laity will
all be there. But no deacons. Most dioceses around the world have yet to fully embrace the vision of
the permanent diaconate, but not out of neglect! It is probably out of cost and priority. As we enter the
next phase of implementing Pope Saint Paul VI’s desire bring the Church into the modern era, the
time has come for families to embrace a missionary spirit. The time has come for evangelized
couples to embrace the call to lifelong, simple, intentional service in their domestic church – their
home. Everyone lives in a secular neighborhood that needs to be transfigured into the Christian
neighborhood God the Father intends.