St. Jude Thaddaeus St. Francis of Assisi
Welcome to the
Worldwide Headquarters for the Franciscan Missionaries of St. Jude Thaddaeus
(The Thaddeans)! We are currently
seeking Ecclesiastical
Approbation. The Thaddeans stand firmly in
obedience to the Holy Father, the Magisterium, and the teachings
of the Holy Mother
Church.
We look to the Holy Apostle St. Jude Thaddaeus, the Patron Saint of
Hopeless Cases, as our spiritual father, and to St. Francis and St. Maximilian
Kolbe as our leading spiritual brothers, and St. Thérèse de Lisieux
and St. Faustina
as our leading spiritual
sisters.
Testimonium
“If you remain in
me, and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given
you. This is to my Father’s glory, that
you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.”
-St. John 15.7-8
“Therefore go and make disciples
of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”
-St. Matthew
28.19
The Blessed Sacrament is the
focal point of the life in the Thaddeans. It is the love for Christ that we set out on
different types of works.
Each Thaddean
should be patient, humble, full of love, full of
compassion, merciful, obedient, an imitator of Christ, evangelizer, missionary,
teacher, brother, and servant.
The Thaddeans, in an effort to help combat the daily
bombardment from a culture of secularism, prepare themselves spiritually
through Divine worship, teaching of the Catechism, praying for those Souls
included in our Memorial Chapel, Missions, Prayer, Devotion, Daily Mass,
Eucharistic Adoration, Study of Catholicism, and Evangelizing. The Thaddeans, encouraged by the Holy Word of God, and the teachings of the Church are led to Apostolic
action through Missionary Activities, Educational Programs, and other projects
that address the human condition. The Thaddeans go, and always will go, wherever there is a need
by the Holy See or Diocesan Bishop, to help spread the teachings of the
Church. The Thaddeans
will humbly volunteer to do whatever is asked of us. Ad Maiorem
Dei Gloriam.
The Thaddeans
have a laity organization:
Thaddean
Network of Volunteer Service
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church LUMEN GENTIUM §33
Upon all the laity, therefore, rests the
noble duty of working to extend the divine plan of salvation to all men of each
epoch and in every land. Consequently, may every opportunity be given them so
that, according to their abilities and the needs of the times, they may
zealously participate in the saving work of the Church.
Types of Service: Missions, Worship, Monastic life,
evangelizing, Catechetics, Missions (Domestic &
International), education, hospitals, communications, publishing, computer web
design, leadership training, health care, care of the sick and elderly,
teaching of the Church to the deaf, community work, immigration, advocacy,
literacy programs, public relations, tutoring, St. Michael’s Legions (Boys),
The Little Flowers (Girls)
You are invited to peruse our
site and read more about our beliefs.
The Thaddeans warmly invite you to be a part
of our wonderful and dynamic Ministry.
The Thaddeans pray that you discover, develop,
and share your inherent gifts from God.
As brothers and sisters in Christ, we are called to discipleship by
sharing our Catholic faith with all nations.
May God always grant you Peace,
and May you always pray for the Lord to lead you in the best way to serve Him. God bless you!
Your
servant in the blood of Christ,
Br. Francis Thérèse
Minister General