Assisi: Ordinary Custodial Chapter – Part I
On Thursday, February 25, 2021, the fourth day of the Ordinary Custodial Chapter of the General Custody of the Sacred Convent of St. Francis...
Romania: Extraordinary Provincial Chapter
On February 3-4, 2021, the Extraordinary Provincial Chapter of the Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. in Romania was celebrated at the...
Romania: Common Definitory
On February 8-9, 2021, the Definitors of the Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. in Romania and the Definitors of the Provincial...
Episcopal Ordination of Friar Martin KMETEC
On Tuesday February 2, 2021, our brother Friar Martin KMETEC was ordained the Archbishop of Izmir (Smyrna) Turkey and will perform pastoral ministry in...
Abruzzo: Provincial Day of Fraternity and Prayer
On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, the friars of the Province of St. Bernardine and St. Angelo in Italy (Abruzzo), observing the necessary precautions, met...
Lebanon: The Other Is My Brother
In the Earlier Rule (IX FF32), St. Francis of Assisi tells us: “Let each one confidently make known his need to another that the...
France: Diaconal Ordination
On December 26, 2020, the feast of St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr, the friars of the Provincial Custody of St. Bonaventure in France-Belgium joyfully...
Camposampiero: Diaconal Ordinations
At 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 12, 2020, six Conventual Franciscan friars were ordained to the diaconate. The ordinations took place at the “Shrine...
Romania: Provincial Meeting of Guardians and Pastors in Bacău
On Wednesday, November 18, 2020, a meeting of the Guardians and Pastors of the Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. in Romania...
Assisi: New Custos of the Sacred Convent
At 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 12, 2020, Friar Marco MORONI was officially sworn in as the General Custos of the Sacred Convent in...