From Olympic Speed Skater to Franciscan Sister?

While on the lookout for something else this morning, I ran into this video. I always find the vocation stories of other sisters interesting - no surprise there - and it seemed appropriate to post it during the winter Olympics.



You all have heard about Roman Catholic Franciscans, I'm sure, as in this video - or at least you've heard of St. Francis.  But did you know there are also Anglican/Episcopal Franciscans?  They, too, stress their vow of poverty and social justice work; though I have never heard them use the Bride of Christ metaphor, I'm sure there are similarities in spirituality in other aspects among all the Franciscan orders.

Here's a photo I got from one of their online newsletters:

Episcopal Franciscan Sisters (from a 2011 newsletter)
source:
http://www.communitystfrancis.org/Canticle%20Dec%2011.pdf

http://www.anglicanfranciscans.org/
http://www.franciscans.org.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/TheCommunityAndSocietyOfStFrancisEuropeanProvince
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscan_orders_in_the_Anglican_Communion

Anglican/Episcopal Franciscan Women:
www.communitystfrancis.org (US house)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_St._Francis

There are also contemplative Franciscan women in England:
http://oscfreeland.wordpress.com/home/

Anglican/Episcopal Franciscan Men:
Society of St. Francis, Province of the Americas: http://www.s-s-f.org/
The Society of St. Francis is a world-wide Franciscan community within the Anglican Communion. The Province of the Americas is part of the Episcopal Church.
http://www.osffranciscans.com/
http://littleportionfriary.net/

Third Order Franciscans - Episcopal men and women who follow in the spirit of St. Francis in their secular lives:
http://tssf.org/