Read 22 October 2026

Confraternities

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Knights, guilds and lay societies

Knights of the Holy Eucharist

KHE · Franciscan Brothers of the Holy Eucharist

Mother Angelica founded them in 1998

Founded 1998Religious community of consecrated Franciscan brothers, not a lay knightly order. Based in the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, founded by Mother Angelica on 25 July 1998.

Worth some persistence

Email request. No alms are asked.

Open their page

Take the short discernment survey on the vocation page or email the Vocation Director, and if it looks like a fit you arrange a visit (the community calls it a Tour of Duty) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Members have a portal to sign in to.

Despite the name, this is not something a layman joins alongside his job and family. The Knights of the Holy Eucharist are consecrated Franciscan brothers who live together in a friary, and the chivalric language is a spirituality rather than a membership tier. The daily center is an hour of silent adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, and from that flows manual labor, serving Mass in both the Ordinary Form and the Traditional Latin Mass, altar server training, youth ministry, talks, and fostering reverent Eucharistic devotion. If you are building a directory of groups a layperson can enroll in, this one belongs in a different column: the ask is a whole life, not dues.

What you promise

A single Catholic man in good standing, 18 to 30 years old, a high school graduate, with no legal responsibilities (no dependents or obligations he cannot leave), good physical and mental stability, able to do strenuous manual labor, and wanting to serve rather than be served. Beyond entry, the obligations are those of consecrated religious life: common life in the friary, the daily holy hour, shared work, prayer, and recreation.

What the Church attaches

The life itself is the benefit. Daily Eucharistic adoration, the Rosary, the Franciscan rule, fraternal community, and vocational formation and direction. The community serves Mass in both forms of the Roman Rite.

Enrollment checked 2026-10-22. Details change without notice and parish practice varies. Confirm before relying on this sheet.

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