The Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist establishes provision for Oblates of the Order

The Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist is a religious order of the Apostolic Episcopal Church and the Catholicate of the West. The Board of Directors and Council members of the OFE have approved the establishment of the OFE Oblates, thus allowing those whose vocation is as Franciscan Tertiaries to become affiliated with the Order.

The Founder of the OFE Oblates is the Most Revd. Thomas Gore, OFEObl, of the AEC and the Catholicate of the West.

The OFE Oblates website page is at:  Order of Franciscans of the Eucharist Oblates – Abbey of Saint Mary Theotokos

Apostolic Episcopal Church Chaplaincy Candidates Recruitment Project

Apostolic Episcopal Church
Chaplaincy Candidates Recruitment Project

The USA military chaplaincy serves as the military’s spiritual willingness, makes available emotional, moral, and spiritual support to soldiers and their families. They support all faiths and honor the distinct doctrines of their faith while respecting other denominations.

The Primate and Presiding Bishop and the USA Provincials of the West and South of the Apostolic Episcopal Church [Holy Eastern Catholic and Apostolic Orthodox Church], are launching the USA Military Chaplaincy Candidates Recruitment Project for ordained priests. This noteworthy project will assist us to finalize our church’s application as a designated Chaplaincy Endorsing Religious Organization. The Apostolic Episcopal Church has eligibility with the Department of Defense to sponsor active duty military chaplains.

The Chaplaincy Candidates Recruitment Project Chair is Mar +Francis (Michael Cuozzo) O.F.S., O.F.E., O.C.R, O.A., O.A.M., Provincial of the West, USA, Apostolic Episcopal Church (AEC Secretary for Chaplain Recruitment). The Project Co-Chair is Mar +Toma (Thomas O. Gore) O.C.R., S.S.C., Provincial of the South, USA (AEC Secretary for Chaplaincy Endorsement).

Interested parties should make contact via this link: https://www.franciscanseucharist.org/donate-contact/

Partnerships with the Gran Commenda di Santi Giovanni e Lazzaro di Gerusalemme, Italy

The Gran Commenda di Santi Giovanni e Lazzaro di Gerusalemme is based in Italy under the protection of H.I.R.H. Prince don Ezra Annibale Foscari Widmann Rezzonico, Head of the Imperial House of Leopardi of Constantinople, and with the Grand Prior H.E. Arconte Antonino Iuculano. The Protectorate has entered into mutual agreements of full partnership, friendship, collaboration, accreditation and recognition with a number of the dependent institutions of the Abbey-Principality.

The Belarus Monarchist Association

The Constantinople Orthodox Institute

The Ecclesia Apostolica Divinorum Mysteriorum

The Grand Prix Humanitaire de France et des Colonies

The Institute of Arts and Letters (London)

The International College of Arms of the Noblesse

The Order of Antioch

The Order of the Crown of Thorns

The Order of the Lion and the Black Cross

The Order of the Holy Wisdom

The Byzantine Order of Leo V the Armenian

Partnerships with the Protettorato Imperiale di San Michele Arcangelo, Italy

The Protettorato Imperiale di San Michele Arcangelo is based in Italy under the protection of H.I.R.H. Prince don Ezra Annibale Foscari Widmann Rezzonico, Head of the Imperial House of Leopardi of Constantinople, and with the Grand Prior H.E. Arconte Antonino Iuculano. The Protectorate has entered into mutual agreements of full partnership, friendship, collaboration, accreditation and recognition with a number of the dependent institutions of the Abbey-Principality.

The Belarus Monarchist Association

The Constantinople Orthodox Institute

The Ecclesia Apostolica Divinorum Mysteriorum

The Grand Prix Humanitaire de France et des Colonies

The Institute of Arts and Letters (London)

The International College of Arms of the Noblesse

The Order of Antioch

The Order of the Crown of Thorns

The Order of the Lion and Black Cross

The Order of the Holy Wisdom

The Byzantine Order of Leo V the Armenian

The Order of the Sacred Cup

Agreement with the Università Popolare e della Terza Età “Mogadiscio”, Rome, Italy

The Università Popolare e della Terza Età “Mogadiscio” is a private university in Rome, Italy, registered with the government authorities in December 2025. It is in the Italian tradition of “popular universities” and “universities of the third age”, a special category of universities in Italy that are concerned with instruction and research pursued purely for academic, religious, social and cultural benefit.

The University has issued a Diploma of Friendship, Recognition, Twinning, Accreditation and Partnership to the Abbey-Principality of San Luigi, in perpetuity.

The University has also issued diplomas of friendship, recognition, twinning, accreditation and partnership to the following institutions of the Abbey-Principality:

 

The Constantinople Orthodox Institute

The Order of the Sacred Cup

The Royal Byelorussian Protectorate of the Order of St Lazarus

The Belarus Monarchist Association

The Order of the Crown of Thorns

The Anglican Association of Colleges and Schools

The Order of Corporate Reunion

The Royal House Polanie-Patrikios

The Royal Byelorussian Protectorate of the Order of St John

The Order of Ave Maria

The Regency of Lomar

The International College of Arms of the Noblesse

The Order of the Holy Wisdom

The Institute of Arts and Letters (London)

The Epiphany Guild

The Ecclesia Apostolica Divinorum Mysteriorum

The Apostolate of the Holy Wisdom

The Order of S. Teresa – The Little Flower

The Grand Prix Humanitaire de France et des Colonies

The Prefectory of Great Britain of the Confraternitas Oecumenica Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani

The Catholicate of the West

The Order of the Lion and the Black Cross

The Order of Antioch

San Luigi institutions receive accreditation from the World Accreditation Board for Academies, Colleges, Schools, Universities, Rome, Italy

Several institutions of the Abbey-Principality have recently received accreditation from the World Accreditation Board for Academies, Colleges, Schools, Universities (WABACOSU), Rome, Italy. WABACOSU is a division of the Università Popolare e della Terza Età “Mogadiscio”  established to further high and humane standards in the provision of education, particularly for adults. The institutions of the Abbey-Principality have entered into a mutual full agreement of friendship, recognition, twinning, accreditation and partnership with WABACOSU.

The International College of Arms of the Noblesse

The Institute of Arts and Letters (London)

The Constantinople Orthodox Institute