Czech Republic: Fraternity and Formation Week
On September 3-8, 2023, the friars of the Province of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in the Czech Republic met for their yearly fraternity and...
Ukraine: Dovhenke – The Smell of War
A Visit to a Village Liberated from Russian Occupation
On August 2-4, 2023, the Custos of the Provincial Custody of the Holy Cross in Ukraine,...
Poland: 2023-24 Novitiate Year Begins
On September 5, 2023, after completing their year of religious formation as postulants, in Gniezno, Poland, seven candidates began their novitiate year in the...
Poland: Patronal Feast in Kalwaria Pacławska
On August 15, 2023, the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, His Eminence, Cardinal Mauro GAMBETTI, OFM Conv., the Vicar General...
Niepokalanów Lasek: Summer Retreats for Children and Youth
From July 31 to August 26, 2023, a series of summer retreats for children and youth were conducted at the friary in Niepokalanów Lasek,...
Assisi: Spiritual Retreat for Solemnly Professed Friars of the FEMO Federation
On July 12-19, 2023, the Franciscanum community in Assisi hosted a group of friars from the Foederatio Europae Mediae et Orientalis (FEMO).
The group, composed...
Ukraine: Residents of Mats’kivtsi Surviving the War under the Protection of the Mother of...
Mats’kivtsi is a village in the Khmelnytskyi region of Ukraine. In 2010, the Conventual Franciscans built the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed...
Poland: Cracow Nativity Scene Exhibition in Homage to St. Francis
On July 14, 2023, the Conventual Franciscans of Cracow launched an exhibition of Cracow’s world-famous nativity scenes. The event took place to mark the...
Therapy through Art, Spiritual Direction and Material Help from the Conventual Franciscans in Ukraine
“The ongoing war in Ukraine is causing a lot of suffering. We have started some art therapy classes at the friary in Boryspil,” said...
Ukraine: Pilgrimage on Foot from Lviv to Bilshivtsi
During July 5-8, 2023, a pilgrimage for peace and reconciliation was conducted on foot from Lviv to the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of...