About the Lady Poverty Region

The Lady Poverty Region was established as Region #68 of the National Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order-USA on October 20th, 1994. One of the National Fraternity’s 30 active regions, Lady Poverty Region serves the geographic area north as far as Waterford, PA, south as far as Charleston, WV, west as far as Steubenville, OH, and east as far as Altoona, PA. In 2020, the Regional Executive Council elected Bl. Contardo Ferrini, OFS as our patron saint.

Each local fraternity is assigned a member of the Regional Executive Council as their liaison to address problems, answer questions, and assist in scheduling elections and visitations. The Council Fraternity assignments are listed in the directory The region distributes its quarterly newsletter, La Pobrecita, to each local fraternity that is to be made available by the minister to every fraternity member.

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