On June 19, 2021, Friar Peter Mária KOZMA, a member of the Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. in Slovakia, was ordained a priest.
The liturgy began at 10:00 a.m. at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Bratislava, Slovakia. The...
Slovakia: Priestly Ordination
On June 19, 2021, Friar Peter Mária KOZMA, a member of the Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. in Slovakia, was...
DANTE ALIGHIERI
IV/II. THE DIVINE COMEDY: Purgatorio
Purgatorio
The second canto of the poem takes the reader to a new world, where hope follows despair and sunlight follows darkness. As though reborn, man has left the abyss of...
MISSIONARY VOCATION
The Mission of St. Francis of Assisi and the First Friars
6. Preaching Conversion and Penance
When St. Francis wrote about preachers in chapter XVII of the Earlier Rule (46-49), he spoke about their standing, wishing...
GMG 2022
New Stamp Commemorating St. Anthony of Padua
The Vatican Post Office has issued a stamp commemorating St. Anthony of Padua on the 800th anniversary of his arrival in Italy.
The stamp, which...
EARLIER RULE
Let the Greater Become the Least
In chapter V of the Earlier Rule, it is interesting that when Francis asks the friars to be minor, he does not relate this...
GENERAL OFFICES
The Mission of St. Francis of Assisi and the First Friars
6. Preaching Conversion and Penance
When St. Francis wrote about preachers in chapter XVII of the Earlier Rule (46-49), he spoke about their standing, wishing...
GENERAL SECRETARIAT
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
FRANCISCAN FAMILY
Poland: New Publication from the Institute of Franciscan Studies
The Institute of Franciscan Studies in Krakow has published “The Book of the Order of Chivalry” by Raymond LULL. The work came out as...
Poland: Franciscan Missiology Workshop
On August 26-30, 2019, a missiology workshop took place for seminarians from all ten Franciscan Provinces in Poland. The event was held at the...
