Capuchin Documents

Legislation

• Religionis zelus (3 July 1528)
• The Statutes of Albacina (1529)
• The Constitutions of 1536 (Text only. Trans. Paul Hanbridge)
• The Constitutions of 1536 (Annotated & Trans. Paul Hanbridge)
• The Constitutions of 1536 (Original Italian)
• The Constitutions of 1552
• Comparison of 1536 & 1552 (Italian)
• The Constitutions of 1575
• The Constitutions of 1608
• The Constitutions of 1968
• The Constitutions of 1982 (1990 revision)
• The Constitutions of 2013 (Official American-English Edition; 2018)
•         Constitutions of 2013 epub for all e-readers other than Kindle
•         Constitutions of 2013 epub for Kindle e-readers
• Ratio Formationnis
• Study Aids for the Capuchin Constitutions
•         First Chapter of the Constitutions- The Life of the Capuchin Lesser Brothers
•         The Tenth Chapter of the Constitutions -Our Life in Obedience
•         The 2013 Capuchin Constitutions: A theological letter
•         The Moral Prospective of the Constitutions- of the Capuchin Friars Minor
•         The Figure of St. Francis- in the 2013 Constitutions
•         A Franciscan Way to Contemplation

Plenary Councils of the Order

• PCO I Our Life in Fraternity and Poverty (Quito 1971)
• PCO II Our Life and Practice of Prayer (Taize 1973)
• PCO III Missionary life and  Activity (Mattli 1978)
• PCO IV Formation for  Our Way of Life (Rome 1981)
• PCO V Our Prophetic Presence in the World - Apostolic Life and Activity (Garibaldi 1986)
• PCO VI Living Poverty in Brotherhood (Assisi 1998)
• PCO VII Our Fraternal Life in Minority (Assisi 2004)
• PCO VIII The Grace of Working (Rome 2015)

Early Sources

• Early 16th Century Letters (Trans. Paul Hanbridge)
• Letters of Cardinal Gasparo Contarini
• Points on Capuchin Meditations and Devotions
• ​A Scurrilous Letter to Pope Paul III​
• I Frati cappuccini : documenti e testimonianze del primo secolo. Ed. Costanzo Cargnoni. Perugia : Edizioni Frate Indovino, 1988.
  
  o    "Ascetical and Mystical Spiritual Writings (1535-1628)"
         a partial translation by Patrick Colbourne O.F.M.Cap.
         of Cargnoni's general introduction  (III/1 pp 12-234)
  o     Bernardino Da Montolomo - Meditation on the Passion of Our Lord JC
  o     Bernardino Ochino - Concerning True Charity and the Method of Acquiring it
  o     Bernardino Ochino - Seven Dialogues
  o     Cornelio Castellucci da Urbino - Darts of Divine Love
  o     Francesco Longo da Corigliano Calabro - The Spiritual Clock
  o     Francesco Tittelmans di Hasselt - A Treatise on Holy Meditations
  o     Lawrence of Brindisi - Concerning the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar
  o     Lawrence of Brinidisi - Christ Temple of Divinity
  o     Mattía a Salò - The Sufferings of Christ
  o     Michaelangelo da Venezia - A Bundle of Myrrh
  o     Paolo da Terni - Interior Paradise

Early Classics

• Anonymous - Gospel Love Concerning the Rule of Saint Francis
• Anonymous - Meditation on the Our Father by an Unknown Author
• Battista da Faenza – Invito spiritual (“A Spiritual Summons to Devout Meditation on the Passion of Jesus”)
• Bernardino da Bolvano – The Mirror of Prayer
• Bonaventure of Bagnoregio - De perfectione vitae ad sorores (“On the Perfection of Life to Sisters”)  
• Cornelio Castellucci da Urbino - Darts of Divine Love
• Cristoforo Facciardi da Verucchio - Exercises for a Soul
• Cristoforo da Verucchio - A Compendium of a Hundred Holy Meditations
• Francesco da Fognano – The Soul’s Deliberations and Prayers
• Francis of Iesi - The Circle of Divine Love (1539)
• Giovanni di Terra Nove - Dell’origine, et principio della Congregatione de’ Padri Capoccini nella Provincia della Marca, et di Calabria (“On the Origins and Principales of the Congregation of Capuchin Fathers in the Marches and Calabria”)
• Gregory of Naples - The Admirable Teaching
• Jerome of Molfetta – Rules for Mental Prayer
• John of Fano – The First “Capuchin” Commentary on the Rule of Saint Francis
• John of Fano – The Art of Union
• John of Fano – The Art of Union and A Small Catechism (Trans. Patrick Colbourne)
• John of Fano – A Short Catechism
• John of Fano – Short Discourse Concerning the Observance of the Vow of Poverty of the Friars Minor
• Lawrence of Brindisi – “Three Sermons for the Feast of Saint Francis”
• Mattia da Salò – The Practice of Mental Prayer
• Mattia da Salò – Spiritual Rosaries
• Mattia da Salò – The Theatre of Paradise
• Silvestro da Rossano – A Method of Prayer Combining Spirit and Mind​​

Studies

•  The Capuchin Reform: Essays in Commemoration of its 450th Anniversary 1528- 1978 (Trans. Ignatius McCormick)

  • Introduction

  • “The Bull Religionis zelus. Introduction to the Amended Text,” by Isidore Agudo

  • “The Historical Significance of Spiritual Reform in the XVI Century” by Rainald Fischer

  • “How the Order Sprang Up and Took Root” by Callisto Urbanelli

  • “The Franciscan Significance of the Capuchin Reform in the Light of the Authentic Sources of the Spirit and Life of St. Francis” by Optatus van Asseldonk

  • “Prayer and Contemplation in the Legislation and Life of the First Capuchins” by Octavian Schmucki

  • “Bernardine of Asti. Principle Promoter of the Capuchin Reform” by Costanzo Cargnoni

  • “Saint Felix of Cantalice. One of the Fathers of the Capuchin Reform” by Mariano d’Alatri

  • “The Most High Poverty of the Capuchins as Seen in their Early Legislation and Other Ancient Sources” by Lazaro Iriarte

  • “450 Years of Service and Witness” by Melchior of Pobladura

  • “The Capuchins and Ecclesiastical and Civil Authorities” by Hilarinus of Milan

  • Indexes
     

• Cuthbert Hess of Brighton – The Capuchins: A Contribution to the History of the Counter-Reformation
• Justin J. Der -The Capchin Lay Brother: A Juridical-Historical Study - Part ONE
• Justin J. Der -The Capchin Lay Brother: A Juridical-Historical Study - Part TWO
• Paul Hanbridge - A Capuchin bibliography
• Paul Hanbridge – Considerations on the Capuchin Charism
• Paul Hanbridge – “A Capuchin Hermitage in the Province of Australia”
• Paul Hanbridge – “Contemplative Prayer, the Liturgy of the Hours, and the Ministry of Prayer”
• Melchior of Pobladura – The Capuchin Reform: A Franciscan Renaissance
• Zaccaria Boverio - The Life of Brother Bernardino of Colpetrazzo, Preacher

Capuchin Saints and Blesseds

• Blessed Agathangelus of Vendôme and Cassian of Nantes - the Martyrs of Gondar (+1638)
• Blessed Ambrosio de Benaguacil (1870-1936)
• Saint Angelo d’Acri (1669-1739)
• Blessed Anicet Koplinski [Koplin] (1875-1941)
• Blessed Apollinaire de Posat (1739-1792)
• Blessed Aurelio de Vinalesa (1896-1936)
• Blessed Benedetto da Urbino (1560-1625)
• Saint Bernardo da Corleone (1605-1667)
• Blessed Bernardo da Offida (1604-1694)
• Blessed Buenaventura de Puzól (1897-1936)
• Saint Conrad of Parzham (1818-1894)
• Saint Crispin of Viterbo (1668-1750)
• Blessed Diego José de Cádiz (1743-1801)
• Blessed Enrique da Almazora (1913-1936)
• Blessed Felice da Nicosia (1715-1787)
• Saint Felix of Cantalice (1515-1587)
• Circular Letter on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the canonization of Saint Felix of Cantalice (1515-1587)
• Blessed Fidel de Puzól (1856-1936)
• Blessed Fidelis Chojnacki (1906-1942)
• Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1578-1622)
• Blessed Florian Stepniak (1912-1942)
• Blessed Florida Cevoli (1685-1767)
• Saint Francis Mary of Camporosso (1804-1866) 
• Blessed Geremia da Valacchia (1556-1652)
• Blessed Germán de Carcagente (1985-1936)
• Blessed Giacinto Longhin (1863-1936)
• Blessed Berard de Lugar Nuevo de Fenollet (1867-1936)
• Blessed Henryk Krzysztofik (1908-1942)
• Blessed Honorat of Biała (1829-1916)
• Saint Ignazio da Laconi (1701-1781)
• Saint Ignazio da Santhià (1686-1770)
• Blessed Innocenzo da Berzo (1844-1890)
• Blessed Isabel Calduch Rovira (1882-1937)
• Blessed Jacques of Ghazir, (1875- 1954)
• Blessed Jean-Louis Loir de Besançon (1720-1794)
• Blessed Joaquín de Albocácer (1879-1936)
• Blessed José Tous y Soler, Capuchin Priest, (1811-1871)
• Saint Joseph of Leonessa (1556-1612)
• Saint Lawrence of Brindisi (1559-1619)
• Blessed Leopold of Alpandeire (1864-1956)
• Saint Leopoldo Mandic (1866-1942)
• Blessed Marco d’Aviano (1631-1699)
• Blessed Maria Angela Astorch (1592-1665)
• Blessed Maria Maddalena Martinengo (1687-1737)
• Blessed Maria Milagros Ortelles Gimeno (1882-1936)
• Blessed Maria Teresa Ferragud Roig (1853-1936) and four daughter religious
• Blessed Maria Teresa Kowalska of the Child Jesus (1902-1941)
• Blessed Modesto de Albocácer (1880-1936)
• Blessed Nicola da Gèsturi (1882 – 1958)
• Blessed Pacificus de Valencia (1974-1936)
• Blessed Pedro de Benisa (1876-1936)
• Saint Pio da Pietralcina (1887-1968)
• Blessed Protais de Seéz (1747-1794)
• Blessed Santiago de Rafelbuñol (1909-1936)
• Blessed Sébastian de Nancy (1749-1794)
• Saint Serafino da Montegranaro (1540-1604)
• Blessed Solanus Casey (1870-1957)
• Blessed Symforian Ducki (1888-1942)
• Saint Veronica Giuliani (1660-1727)

Documents

• NAPCC Formation
• Provincial Formation
• Capuchin Documents