Saint Padre Pio Emerging Secular Franciscan Fraternity

05/11/2025

Spring has sprung! If you're looking to take advantage of this "spring cleaning" season to reduce material possessions you no longer need, here are several online groups you can consider posting to. All are in the Southeast Missouri region. Note that each group has their own rules and terms of use.

SEMO FREE FOR THE TAKING (12.9k members)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1498055700464490/

free stuff "Curb Alerts" Cape Girardeau Jackson Missouri Area (7.8k members)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/215810165644652/

SEMO 100% free (5.4k members)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/894013347326577/

Freecycle.org (1.2k members)
https://www.freecycle.org/town/CapeGirardeauMO

10/10/2024

09/14/2024

Here is just a taste of the music you can hear on October 3!

Listen to Ashokan Farewell for Hammered Dulcimer by bassnut on

04/29/2023

Photos from our profession on February 19, 2023

04/17/2022

He first surrendered to us so that we may live in Paradise. He is risen!

03/28/2022

Hello friends of our fraternity! We often get prayer requests from you, our online followers. With gratitude our membership adds your intentions to our daily prayers. And St Padre Pio is an especially influential saint indeed! Now it's our turn to humbly ask for your prayers. Our beloved OFS sister Julie and her family need healing and strength, fortitude and perseverance. Will you please join us in lifting this family up this Lent?
If you would like to support them financially, here is their fundraising page. We share this with their family's permission.

My name is Julie Schuchardt. My daughter, Maria has Reactive Attachment Disorder, a rare… Julie Schuchardt needs your support for Help Maria finish treatment

01/02/2022

Wishing all our family and friends a very blessed new year!

12/19/2021

Many good people were impacted by last week's devastating storms in Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky. We'd like to share one particular story and GoFundMe page. This is a plea for help from the family of one of our members. Please consider supporting them if you can. May God bless you this Christmas.

I, Cody Antill am raising money for my aunt Debra Caudle whose house was completel… Cody Antill needs your support for Family home devastated in the tornado.

02/01/2021

It's even harder to get Egypt out of Israel than it was to get Israel out of Egypt at the Exodus. The Israelites in the desert often looked back with longing on the so-called "benefits" of their slavery in Egypt (see Ex 16:2-3). Likewise, we are often tempted to look back with fondness on our former captivity in sin (see Lk 5:39).