The Portiuncula, located in Jerusalem, Ohio, in the Diocese of Steubenville, is home to the Franciscan Lay Apostolate. We are humbly committed to imitating the Gospel life of Christ, and observing the Sacraments. Placing ourselves under strict and holy obedience to the Bishop of Steubenville, the Magisterium, and Father Nick Ward, we follow the Medieval Penitential First Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis, dated 1221 A.D.
With fruitful devotion St Francis frequented only heavenly dwellings, and he who had totally emptied himself remained so much the longer in the wounds of the Savior.
Saint Francis of Assisi Celano, First Life CHAPTER XXVII
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