Colombia: 2025 Annual Spiritual Retreat and Start of the Second Novitiate Program
From June 30 to July 4, 2025, the Friars Minor Conventual of the Custody of St. Francis of Assisi in Colombia gathered in a...
Chile: Winter Mission in Chequenlemu
Testimony
On June 19-22, 2025, we, the Franciscan Youth Pastoral group from the Jesús de Nazaret Parish in Curicó, Chile, carried out some mission work...
30 Years of Conventual Franciscan Presence in Ecuador: Gratitude, Community, and Missionary Witness
On May 31, 2025, the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in Poland (Gdańsk) celebrated the 30th anniversary of the founding of its Conventual...
Brazil: Interjurisdictional Meeting of Conventual Franciscan Pastors
On May 20-23, 2025, the Province of St. Francis of Assisi and the Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary...
Brazil: Quinquennium Meeting
On May 19-23, 2025, the Union of Conventual Franciscans of Brazil (UCOB) conducted a continuing formation meeting for friars who have been solemnly professed...
Franciscan Formation Meetings in Central America and Colombia
The General Spiritual Assistant to the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) Friar Ștefan ACATRINEI, recently visited some OFS fraternities in the Americas. His visits were...
Brazil: Meeting on Human Formation
From April 28 to May 2, 2025, the Provincial Custody of St. Bonaventure in Brazil, hosted a formation course at the Beato João Duns...
Colombia: OFS and YouFra Congress
On April 30 to May 4, 2025, the 12th Annual Latin American Congress of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) and Franciscan Youth (YouFra) was...
Brazil: 10th Annual Franciscan Youth Day
On May 1-4, 2025, the 10th Annual Franciscan Youth Day was held at Casa Kolbe in Caçapava, State of São Paulo, Brazil. The theme...
Ecuador: Priestly Ordination
On Saturday, April 26, 2025, the priestly ordination of Friar Oscar David GAÓN MARTÍNEZ took place at the Conventual Franciscan Church of San Antonio...