From October 9 to 14, 2026, the National Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) in Argentina received a fraternal and pastoral visit from the International Council of the Secular Franciscan Order (CIOFS). The National Fraternity has 857 members, distributed among ten regional fraternities and seventy local fraternities. Tibor KAUSER, OFS Minister General, and Friar Ștefan ACATRINEI, OFM Conv., General Spiritual Assistant and representative of the Conference of General Spiritual Assistants (CAS), conducted the visit.
On Friday morning, October 9, the National Council of the OFS in Argentina welcomed the visitors to the Convent of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (Hermanas Franciscanas de la Caridad Cristiana) in Buenos Aires. The visitors and the National Council members worked together there...
Argentina: Fraternal and Pastoral Visit to the National OFS Fraternity
From October 9 to 14, 2026, the National Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) in Argentina received a fraternal and pastoral visit from...
Slovenia: Two Days of Continuing Formation in Olimje
On October 13 and 14, 2026, the friars of the Province of St. Joseph in Slovenia gathered at the friary in Olimje for two...
From October 9 to 14, 2026, the National Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) in Argentina received a fraternal and pastoral visit from the International Council of the Secular Franciscan Order (CIOFS). The National Fraternity has 857 members, distributed among ten regional fraternities and seventy local fraternities. Tibor KAUSER, OFS Minister General, and Friar Ștefan ACATRINEI, OFM Conv., General Spiritual Assistant and representative of the Conference of General Spiritual Assistants (CAS), conducted the visit.
On Friday morning, October 9,...
Slovenia: Two Days of Continuing Formation in Olimje
On October 13 and 14, 2026, the friars of the Province of St. Joseph in Slovenia gathered at the friary in Olimje for two...
Project No. 32/2026 – Replacement of the Cold Storage Units at...
Project No. 32/2026 –
Replacement of the Cold Storage Units at the Soup Kitchen
of the St. Anthony of Padua House (Zagreb, Croatia)
The Province of St....
Project No. 40/2026 – Restoration of the Friary of St. Anthony...
Project No. 40/2026 –
Restoration of the Friary
of St. Anthony at the Baths “La Vigna”
(Rome, Italy)
The General Curia of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual...
GENERAL OFFICES
Vatican: New Guide on Mental Health and Pastoral Accompaniment Published
On October 13, 2026, the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development hosted a study day on “Mental Health and Pastoral Accompaniment in Humanitarian Contexts”...
The Missionary Charism of St. Francis in the Light of the...
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).
Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – XXXII
Provincial Custody of the Holy Cross in Ukraine
Mother Province: Province of St. Anthony and Bl. James of Strepar in Poland (Cracow)
After World War II,...
CHAPTERS
Vietnam: Ordinary Custodial Chapter – Part II
From September 13 to 17, 2026, the friars of the Provincial Custody of St. Francis Anthony Fasani in Vietnam gathered for the second part...
FRANCISCAN FAMILY
Cortona: Conference on the Missions of the Three Branches of the Franciscan First Order
On October 10, 2026, as part of the celebrations marking the 800th anniversary of the transitus of St. Francis of Assisi, the City of...
Carini: Meeting of the Secretaries and General Delegates for Mission Animation of the Franciscan...
On October 6–7, 2026, the General Secretaries and Delegates for Mission Animation of the four Franciscan Orders—the Order of Friars Minor, the Order of...
