Franciscan youth is a Catholic Church movement

Church Movement

Movements in the Catholic Church are groups of church members following a specific spirituality given to them by the founder of their movement. In the case of officially recognized movements, this specificity never finds expression in rejection or overemphasis of certain teachings of the...

 of young people, from 14 to 30 years old, who wants to follow Jesus by example of St. Francis of Assisi. They are part of the Secular Franciscan Order

Secular Franciscan Order

thumb|rigth|Lapel pin of Secular Franciscan Order.The Secular Franciscan Order is a community of Catholic men and women, of any of the Rites in communion with Rome , in the world who seek to pattern their lives after Christ in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi. Secular Franciscans are...

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Vocation

The Franciscan youth is formed by those young people who feel called by the Holy Spirit to deepen their own vocation to share the experience of the Christian life in fraternity in the light of the message of St. Francis of Assisi, deepening their own vocation within the context of the Secular Franciscan Order.

History

Franciscan youth initiated in Italy

Italy

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, in 1948, by the franciscan Order of Friars Minor. In the begging it started as GIFRAC (it. Gioventù Francescana di Azione Catolica – Franciscan youth of the Catholic action

Catholic Action

Catholic Action was the name of many groups of lay Catholics who were attempting to encourage a Catholic influence on society.They were especially active in the nineteenth century in historically Catholic countries that fell under anti-clerical regimes such as Spain, Italy, Bavaria, France, and...

). Later Youth gets adopted by the others franciscan orders: Capuchins

Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is an Order of friars in the Catholic Church, among the chief offshoots of the Franciscans. The worldwide head of the Order, called the Minister General, is currently Father Mauro Jöhri.-Origins :...

 (1954), Conventual Franciscans

Conventual Franciscans

The Order of Friars Minor Conventual , commonly known as the Conventual Franciscans, is a branch of the order of Catholic Friars founded by Francis of Assisi in 1209.-History:...

 (1958) and Third Order of Saint Francis. From 2009 all of these Franciscan youth movements are united.