Thriving Marian Franciscan Community Dismantled by Conciliar Bishops Despite Fruitful Apostolate
Register portal reports that the Family of Mary Immaculate and St. Francis, commonly known as the Marian Franciscans, a flourishing traditional community of mendicant friars and sisters, will be entirely dissolved on May 31, 2026, exactly eight years after its establishment in the United Kingdom. The community, which had experienced remarkable growth in vocations, conversions, media outreach, and sacramental life, announced the decision after the friars themselves voted for dissolution on April 27, following a decree from Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth dated May 24. Despite the community’s evident spiritual fruits — growing numbers, increased apostolic activity, large numbers of baptisms, Marian consecrations, and the offering of the traditional Latin Mass — the friars stated that “it was not possible to secure the practical and canonical support needed for formation, sponsorship, and future priestly ordinations.” The community had already faced increasing restrictions following the 2021 apostolic letter Traditionis Custodes and was expelled from the Diocese of Dunkeld in Scotland earlier this year. This dissolution represents yet another systematic dismantling of thriving traditional Catholic life by the conciliar hierarchy, which claims to be the Church of Christ while actively suppressing the very means of salvation and sanctification.









