R.I.P. Friar Giovanni PAVANETTO † September 24, 2023
sacerdos Prov. Italicae S. Antonii Patavini;
n. Quinto di Treviso (TV, Italia) 1932-02-19; prof. temp. 1954-09-28, prof. soll. 1959-09-30, ord. sac. 1963-03-30
One day the Gospel was being read in that church about how the Lord sent out his disciples to preach. The holy man of God, who was attending there, in order to understand better the words of the Gospel, humbly begged the priest after celebrating the solemnities of the Mass to explain the Gospel to him. The priest explained it all to him thoroughly line by line. When he heard that Christ’s disciples should not possess gold or silver or money, or carry on their journey a wallet or a sack, nor bread nor a staff, nor have shoes nor two tunics, but that they should preach the kingdom of God and penance, the holy man, Francis, immediately...
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FRANCISCAN FORMATION
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MISSIONARY VOCATION
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Christ, the Son of God, was sent by the Father “in order to establish peace or the communion of sinful human beings with Himself, as well as to fashion them into a fraternal community” (Ad Gentes, 3).
MISSION PRESENCES
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Provincial Custody of St. Bonaventure in Brazil
Mother Province: Italian Province of St. Francis of Assisi (Central Italy),
former Province of Rome
The mission to northeast Brazil...
A LETTER TO A MINISTER
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And if you have done this, I wish to know in this way...
GENERAL OFFICES
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I counsel, admonish and exhort my brothers in the Lord Jesus Christ not to quarrel or argue or judge...
GENERAL SECRETARIAT
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
FRANCISCAN FAMILY
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