Society of St Francis American Province SSF Founded 1919 (USA) Little Portion Friary PO Box 399, Mount Sinai NY 11766/0399 USA Tel: 631 473 0533 Fax: 631 473 9434 Email: LittlePortion@s-s-f.org

The American Province of SSF was founded as the Order of St Francis in 1919 by Father Claude Crookston, who took the name Father Joseph. Under his leadership the community developed, based first in Wisconsin and then on Long Island, New York. The Order originally combined a monastic spirituality with a commitment to missions and evangelizing. In 1967, the OSF friars amalgamated with the Society of St Francis in the UK and became the American Province of SSF.
Our lives are structured around our times together of formal prayer and the Eucharist, which give our lives a focus. Brothers engage in a wide variety of ministries: community organizing, missions, work in parishes and institutions, counselling and spiritual direction, study, the arts, serving the sick and infirm and people with AIDS. We come from a wide variety of backgrounds and cultural traditions. Living with each other can be difficult, but we work hard to find common ground and to communicate honestly with each other. God takes our imperfections and, in the mystery of Christ's body, makes us whole.

Daniel SSF
(Minister General, assumed office 1 July 1997)

American Province
Derek SSF
(Minister Provincial , assumed office 26 May 2002)
Clark Berge SSF (Assistant Minister)

Other US addresses
St Elizabeth's Friary, 1474 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207, USA
Tel: 718 455 5963 Fax: 718 443 3437
Email: StElizabeth@s-s-f.org
Email for Minister Provincial: broderekssf@aol.com

San Damiano, 573 Dolores Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Tel: 415 861 1372 Fax: 415 861 7952
Email: SanDamiano@s-s-f.org



For further details, obtain a copy of
The Anglican Religious Communities Year Book.

Or connect to the SSF (American Province) Website.