On February 17-24, 2025, the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in Brazil conducted its annual Provincial retreat. The event took place at the at the Cor Jesu Retreat Center in Ceilândia, located in the Federal District of Brasília, Brazil. The retreat focused on the theme of the 2025 Jubilee: “Hope Does Not Disappoint” (Romans 5:5).
Around thirty confreres participated in the retreat, which was led by Friar Guilherme PEREIRA ANSELMO JÚNIOR from the Missionary Congregation of St. Ignatius of Antioch (CMSIA). According to our Constitutions (46 §1), “Each year the friars are to participate in a common retreat for a period of five complete days. Friars who are unable to make a retreat in common are to make one in another way with the permission of the Minister or Custos.”
We pray that all friars may renew their religious and vocational choices while living out their Franciscan vocation.
Friar Gilberto DE JESUS RODRIGUES
Minister Provincial
