Remembering Friar Vincenzo COLI: A Custos with an Infectious Smile
On October 14, 2022, the Municipality of Montignoso, in the Italian Province of Massa-Carrara, honored Friar Vincenzo COLI (1938-2018), four years after his death....
Turkey: Joint Definitory Session
On October 12-13, 2022, the Definitors of the Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. in Romania and the Definitors of the Provincial...
Naples: “Looking at the Horizon”- A Visit from the Minister General and the Procurator...
On October 6-7, 2022, the Minister General, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI and the Procurator General, Friar Maurizio DI PAOLO, met with the confreres of the...
Spain: Solemn Profession of Two Confreres
On Saturday, October 1, 2022, just three days after the Solemnity of St. Francis, Friars César Antonio EUCEDA CHAVER and Alejandro María ALDAVERO ROMERO,...
Central Italy: Solemn Profession
At 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 8, 2022, Friars Emiliano Elia DI SEBASTIANO and Roberto LIGGERI, both members of the Italian Province of St....
Romania: Symposium on the Later Rule of the Friars Minor
From September 30 to October 1, 2022, the Roman Catholic Franciscan Theological Institute in Roman, Romania, hosted an international symposium with the theme: “The...
France-Belgium: Custodial Gathering
On September 26-30, 2022, the friars of the Provincial Custody of St. Bonaventure in France-Belgium gathered at the friary in Brussels, Belgium, for a...
Retreat in Lebanon – JPIC: Franciscan DNA
In early September, 2022, I was fortunate to be able to make my annual retreat in Lebanon with the friars of the Custody of...
Romania: A New Novice and Two Simply Professed
On September 7-8, 2022, the Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. in Romania celebrated two significant events in initial formation.
On Wednesday, September...
Malta: New President of the Council of the Major Superiors
Friar Colin Sammut OFM Conv., Minister Provincial of the Maltese Province of St Paul Apostle, has just been elected as the President of the...