Franciscan order of Saint Joseph Cupertino, OFSJC
The Franciscan Order of Saint Joseph Cupertino was founded by Bishop Filipe Cupertino Teixeira, OFSJC in the Diocese of Saint Francis of Assisi, catholic Church of the Americas to ministry specifically to immigrants and deportees. Certainly at the time of Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Clare of Assisi and Saint Joseph Cupertino, immigration, deportation were not an issue at all. However, in our days, human beings are walys searching for a better life. In the early eighties, Bishop Teixeira left his country Angola to immigrate to the United States in order to ministry the immigrant communities, specifically Portuguese speaking communities. Upon his arrival, in Boston, Massachusetts, Bishop Teixeira, OFSJC started to learn the needs of immigrant communities. He then, joined the Scalabrinian fathers, an order founded by Saint John Baptist in Italy to work with Italian immigrants around the world. Before, Bishop Teixeira, OFSJC started his novitiate, he decided to leave the order and joi