The Franciscans of the Immaculate strive to live a community life of prayer, of poverty, of penance, in the spirit of total consecration to the Immaculate Virgin in the manner of St. Maximilian Mary, so that She may transform us, like St. Francis, into Jesus Crucified, and may let us be consumed in the conquest of all souls for God.
Marian-Franciscan Charism
A community of prayer, of poverty, of penance, in the spirit of total consecration to the Immaculate Virgin in the manner of St. Maximilian Mary, so that She may transform us, like St. Francis, into Jesus Crucified, and may let us be consumed in the conquest of all souls for God.
“The more we belong to the Immaculate Virgin, the better we will understand and love the Heart of Jesus, God the Father, the Holy Trinity”
Our Life of Prayer
“Pray Always to God with a pure heart” – Rule Ch. 10
Our Life of Poverty and Penance
“Do penance with the blessing of God” –
St. Francis
Our Apostolic Life
Two features govern all of our apostolic activity: it should be Marian and, as befits the Ordo Minor, it should be lesser. The first of these qualities, essential to a Marian community, must render Marian all apostolic activity according to the wonderful example of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe (1898-1941), whom Pope Paul VI ranked “among the great saints and prophetic spirits who grasped, venerated, and sung the mystery of Mary.”

Serving the Mission of the Immaculate in Africa
Ave Maria! I’m Friar François Henri, From Benin (West Africa). I’m a Franciscan Friar of the Immaculate since 2012 and I’m a seminarian in Rome. Since 1991 the FI have been in Africa, specifically in Benin, Cameroon, and Nigeria. Our work in Africa is simple: “Save...
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Our Marian Houses
Bembereke, Benin
Sanctuarie” Notre Dame de La Paix”
B.P. 73
BEMBEREKE
(Benin)
Allada, Benin
B.P. 88
ALLADA
(Benin)
Aiyepe, Nigeria
Marian House Our Lady the Coredemptrix
Old Aiyepe Road
SAGAMU Ogun State
(Nigeria)
Ijebu Igbo, Nigeria
Marian House Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Catholic Mission
P.O. Box 25 – Molusi Road
IJEBU IGBO Ogun State
(Nigeria)
Douala, Cameroon
Maison Mariale I. Sposa dello Spirito Santo
S/c Paroisse Pentecote de New- Town Aéroport
B.P. 179 – DOUALA
(Camerun)