Franciscan Friars of the Additional Beatitude

As the Minister Provincial of the FAB friars (Friars of the Additional Beatitude) it gives me great pleasure to announce that our friary has now been radically changed, following the decisions made by our dwindling congregation at our annual provincial chapter meeting last year.  The Holy Spirit has indeed thrown open our mock gothic Pugin windows and the wind of change has blown through the cloisters.

The main event of our open day last Saturday was the inauguration of the energy saving windmill in the centre of the cloister garth.  Unfortunately, Brother Juniper FAB, who built the windmill, had failed to take into account that a wind-driven device situated between four walls would not be the most efficient generator of power.  The electricity generated by the windmill was just enough to power the flickering votive lights in front of the statue of St Anthony of Padua, but not enough to power the electric doorbell, or indeed the friary lighting.


It may be that the Lord is telling us a Franciscan Eco Centre doesn't work with Gothic architecture.  Should we seek a new home?

Since the project proved entirely impractical, we have now reconnected with the electricity board and paid a rather expensive reconnection charge, even though we enlisted local help to carry the electricity cables to the friary. 

 Nevertheless, our friary continues to be a ground breaking eco centre, and we have begun to bag the manure produced by the friary guinea pigs.  This will be sold on Sundays after Mass, alongside the Fair Traid coffee.  Please take care to examine the labels on the bags carefully.

Br Scotus Lepine FAB