Franciscan Brothers called to ongoing conversion through Eucharistic contemplation.
To be a Knight of the Holy Eucharist is to answer a particular call within the Church. Rooted in the Franciscan tradition of the Third Order Regular and inspired by St Francis and the founding spirit of Mother Angelica, PCPA, we are a community of brothers called to ongoing conversion through contemplation of the Lord truly present in the Holy Eucharist.
We are not defined primarily by what we do, but by the One whom we adore, and by the transformation that adoration works within us.
Our Charism is ongoing conversion, lived in Eucharistic contemplation and in the Franciscan spirit of penance, poverty, and minority.
Rooted in the example of Saint Francis of Assisi, who was first rebuilt by Christ before being sent to rebuild the Church, we seek continual transformation into the likeness of the Lord we adore, so that our entire life may become a humble witness to His Real Presence in the world.
Our identity is rooted in the spirit of Saint Francis of Assisi, who desired to live the Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ in simplicity, humility, and joy.
As brothers in the Franciscan tradition, we understand conversion not as a single moment, but as a lifelong return to the Lord. This ongoing conversion is expressed through penance, poverty, minority, and fraternity. We seek to become lesser brothers, conformed more fully to Christ, who humbled Himself and gave Himself entirely for the life of the world.
Following the Rule and Life of the Third Order Regular, we embrace the Franciscan path of continual conversion, allowing the Gospel to shape our prayer, our relationships, our work, and our service to the Church.
At the heart of our life is Christ truly present in the Most Holy Eucharist. The Eucharist is not only the center of our devotion, but the place where our conversion is sustained, purified, and deepened.
In silent adoration, we learn to remain with the Lord. Before His Eucharistic Presence, we come to know our poverty, receive His mercy, and are gradually transformed by His love.
Saint Francis had a profound reverence for the Eucharistic mystery. In that same spirit, we desire our life to be shaped by awe, gratitude, humility, and love before the Lord who gives Himself to us under the appearance of bread.
From the Eucharist flows our prayer, our fraternity, and our service. To the Eucharist we always return.
The name “Knight” expresses for us not a worldly rank or martial spirit, but a call to faithful service. It reminds us that Christian discipleship requires courage, perseverance, generosity, and fidelity to Christ.
Our “knightly” spirit is therefore one of humble vigilance: to remain faithful in prayer, steadfast in conversion, generous in fraternity, and ready to serve the Church wherever obedience and charity call us.
We do not understand our vocation as one of worldly combat, but as a life of Gospel witness. Like Saint Francis, we desire to proclaim Christ first by the conversion of our own lives, by the joy of fraternity, by reverence for the Eucharist, and by humble service to the People of God.
Our daily life flows from this charism of ongoing conversion. It is expressed through prayer, silence, Eucharistic adoration, the Liturgy of the Hours, Franciscan simplicity, fraternal charity, and service to the Church.
Our apostolic works are not the source of our identity, but the fruit of our life with Christ. Whatever we do must flow from prayer and return to prayer, so that our service may bear witness not to ourselves, but to the Lord whom we adore.
Through Franciscan simplicity, Eucharistic contemplation, and evangelical fidelity, we seek to be brothers continually converted by Christ and sent forth as humble witnesses of His Real Presence in the world.
