Chile: Minister Provincial Visits Delegation
From November 5-18, 2022, the Minister Provincial of the Italian Province of St. Anthony of Padua (Northern Italy), Friar Roberto BRANDINELLI, visited the Provincial...
Brazil: Formation Week at the Santo Antônio Novitiate
On October 24-29, 2022, a formation week took place at the Santo Antônio Common Novitiate of the Federación América Latina Conventuales (FALC), in Cascavel,...
Brazil: Priestly Ordination and Ministry of Acolyte Conferred
On October 22, 2022, the Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. in Brazil celebrated the priestly ordination of Friar Jesus RODRIGUES...
The Way of Assisi
From October 1-22, 2022, a fraternal meeting of formation and coexistence for the friars of Latin America took place at the Franciscanum Friary in...
Colombia: National Assembly of the Militia of the Immaculata
On October 15-16, 2022, the 3rd National Fraternal Assembly of the Militia of the Immaculata (M.I.) was held at the Jorbalán House of Spirituality...
Colombia: 4th Annual Meeting for Young Men in Initial Formation
On October 10-15, 2022, the Provincial Custody of St. Francis of Assisi in Colombia held its 4th annual meeting for young men in initial...
Peru: Delegation Retreat
On October 10-14, 2022, the friars of the Provincial Delegation in Peru conducted their annual retreat at the Ignatian Spirituality Center in Lima.
The retreat...
Colombia: FALC Common Novitiate 2022
On October 3, 2022, the eve of the Solemnity of our Seraphic Father St. Francis, five confreres were vested in the Conventual Franciscan habit...
The 1992 Extraordinary General Chapter in Mexico
I am not sure who first came up with the idea of holding the Extraordinary General Chapter in Latin America. I was unable to find out if it was a suggestion put forward at the 1989 Ordinary General Chapter, or if it was a proposal that emerged later, within the government of the Order.
Colombia: Formation for Friars in Solemn Profession for Five Years or Less
On September 19-23, 2022, the Provincial Custody of St. Francis of Assisi in Colombia conducted a formation meeting for its friars in solemn profession...