Timeline of The Brothers and Sisters of Charity

1971 Original Vision

1977 John Michael Talbot moves to Alverna, Indiana

1978 Charity Rule

1978 John Michael Talbot joins Secular Franciscan Order

1978 John Michael Talbot’s Hermitage

1978 Established Little Portion Retreat & Training Center (Closed in 2015)

1979 Charity Ministry

1979 Little Portion Rule

1980 Secular Franciscan Order Approval

1983 Little Portion Hermitage blessed by Bishop Andrew McDonald of Little Rock and Bishop Bernard Law of Springfield at Eureka Springs

1985 First Little Portion Associates Conference at Alverna

1985 Little Portion Hermitage Rule

1987-88 Reform, Return to Charity in Name and to the Original Integrated Vision

1987 Associate Program Dissolves

1988 Domestic Expression Begins

1988 First Monastic Novices

1989 Establishment of Domestic Regional Ministers

1989 First Domestic Novices

1989 First Monastic Professions

1989 Submission of Brothers & Sisters of Charity Constitution

1990 First Domestic Leadership Conference

1990 Establishment of Cell Groups

1990 First Domestic Professions

1990 Approval of General Constitution of the Brothers & Sisters of Charity as a Private
Association of the Faithful

1992 Establishment of Troubadour For The Lord

1992 First Monastic Permanent Professions

1993 First Domestic Permanent Professions

1996 Confirmation of Establishment as a Public Association of the Faithful

1996 Establishment of Nicaraguan Mission

1996 Establishment of the Catholic Association of Musicians

2002 Blessing of the Renovated Portiuncula Chapel

2008 Little Portion Fire (April 29)

2010 Dedication of New Chapel & Common Center (April 10)

2012 Established St. Clare Monastery