OFM
The OFM are also stationed in La Crosse at Viterbo University. So I did have a friar explain to me a while back that the OFMs are different than the OFM Conv. that Bishop Callahan is. But Bishop Callahan is from Chicago too. Confused? Yes, always.
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Yes BC, I have lost count of the number of Franciscan variations there are. It used to be just "OFM" and "OFM Cap" (Capuchins) but both wore brown habits of a slightly different shade.
I attended the Basilica years back when Bishop Callahan was "Fr. Bill" and the pastor there, I wondered why they wore black instead of the brown habits I associated with all Franciscans... Now you also have the Franciscans of the Immaculate in blue/grey. I'm lost!
LOL, right, the Friars of the Immaculate are blue. I noticed the friars at the basilica wore clothes under their habit so I assume they are not ordinarily wearing them as a habit as such. The FI's wear sandals all winter long, but I think they are permitted socks.
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