You are free to leave the discernment process at any time. Should you discern this after you have been professed, there is a process to withdraw.
What if I discern that I am not called to be a Secular Franciscan?
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I would like to Know the proper way to withdraw from the SFO
Dear Julie,
The information you requested may be found below. It is posted on our National website.
The letter is sent to one’s Local Fraternity Minister then the Local Fraternity Council decides whether or not to approve the request. They record the request & their decision in their Council Minutes. Dialog with, at least, one’s Fraternity Minister & Spiritual Assistant should precede writing the letter to one’s Fraternity Minister. Temporary Withdrawal is from the fraternity only & usually for a specified time limit & may allow one to return to fraternity after one makes an official request to return is made & Council agrees to readmission. DEFINITIVEE WITHDRAWAL is withdrawal from the Order, not just the local fraternity, & cannot be rescinded/undone..
Membership & Status Primer
e. 06 – Temporary Withdrawal: (from the Fraternity)
▪ voluntary withdrawal from the fraternity (not from the Order) (GC 56.1)
▪ officially requested in writing by the individual, approved by the council (date of council Decision)
and noted in the fraternity register.
▪ Involves exclusion from fraternity meetings and activities.
▪ Can be reversed by the council upon request of the individual if the council agrees that the
circumstances leading to the withdrawal have been overcome (date of return to active status).
f. 07 – Definitive Withdrawal: (from the Order)
▪ voluntary withdrawal from the fraternity and from the Order (GC 58.1)
▪ officially requested in writing by the individual and approved by the council (date of council
decision)
▪ not reversible
Fraternally,
Terri