Monks of the Regular Tertiary Order (also called 'Penitence 0rder' Saint Francis have been living here since 1913. The present population call us 'els franciscans'. The Bishop of Majorca of that time entrusted us the task of preserving the Sanctuary. With this in mind we do our best to keep alive the Christian and cultural aspects of this place.

We monks try to be faithful to vocation and open of spirit. There are few of us, living a simple life, marked by the social, historic and religious circumstances of our present-day world and personal possibilities. We express our attitude of service by offering our and ourselves in the manner we have told you.

We have other brothers in religion who live in different houses on the Island: San Francisco, of Palma, La Porciúncula, Inca, Llucmajor, Artà. A great number also live on the Peninsula, in the U.S.A., Mexico and Peru.

We do not live alone in the Sanctuary; we have a guest house where people come to spend a time devoted study, prayer or rest. The lengtb of their stay varies, depending on each case.

Some people, alone or with their families, for different reasons, live with us permanently.

Membres of a Religious Order + Lay People = A Family

We want relationships between members of religious orders and lay people to deepen and spread. That is, that both the friars living here and the lay people who so wish, all equally motivated by the same faith and brotherly love, may share a coinmon project of life proyer and work, each according to his possibilities and state of life. We can all feel members of the same Christian and Franciscan family of Cura.

This invitation is made to those who feel the desire or need to live the Gospel inside a family.