Rome: Solemnity of Santa Dorotea with Cardinal RE
On February 6, 2024, His Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Battista RE, Dean of the College of Cardinals, presided over Mass on the Solemnity of St....
Assisi: Continuing Formation
On January 10, 2024, as requested by Pope Francis and the Roman Curia, the General Custody of the Sacred Convent of St. Francis in...
Todi: Spiritual Retreat of the Custody of Assisi
On January 22-27, 2024, some thirty friars from the Sacred Convent, and other communities of the General Custody of Assisi, attended their annual spiritual...
FIMP-South: 27th Assembly of the Guardians
On January 22-26, 2024, the Federazione Intermediterranea Ministri Provinciali (FIMP) hosted its 27th Assembly of the Guardians of the Provinces of Southern Italy. The...
Abruzzo: Continuing Formation in the Province
On January 3-4, 2024, the Province of St. Bernardine and St. Angelo in Italy (Abruzzo-Molise) conducted its first two-day continuing formation retreat for 2023-24....
Friar Giorgio TASSONE Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Priestly Ordination
On Tuesday, January 2, 2024, the “Madonna del Rosario” Parish Church in Palmi, Italy, celebrated the 25th anniversary of the priestly ordination of its...
Lebanon: Friar Khalil EL KHOURY Ordained a Deacon
On the evening of December 16, 2023, the friars of the Provincial Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land joyfully witnessed the diaconal...
Unification of Sicily and Calabria: New Italian Province of the Immaculate Conception
The Story of a Dream That Continues to Evolve
On December 13, 2023, the Feast of St. Lucy, an official proclamation was made announcing the...
Rome: Meeting at the Farnesina with Italian Missionaries – Ambassadors of Peace around the...
On Thursday, December 7, 2023, a historic meeting of Italian men and women missionaries was held at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ....
France: On the Occasion of the 800th Anniversary of the Later Rule
For the last several years, the Franciscans of the First Order of France-Belgium have conducted an annual meeting to spend some time together, either...