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Order of Friars Minor OFM FRANCISCANS – NORTH INDIA Province of Mary the Mother of God, India

The Custody of Mary the Mother of God

The Province of Mary the Mother of God

The Province of Mary the Mother of God is composed of 52 solemnly professed friars — 43 friar priests, 2 lay brothers, 4 solemnly professed deacons, and 3 solemnly professed student friars — together with 17 temporarily professed student friars, 6 novices, and 9 postulants at various stages of formation.

The Province has 12 fraternities — 7 Guardianates and 5 filial houses — spread across six states of India, from Goa to Jharkhand. Through these communities, the friars carry out their ministry of evangelization, formation, education, pastoral service, and care for the poor and marginalized.