OFS-GiFra

4th European OFS-YouFra Congress

On July 13-19, 2025, the 4th European Congress of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) and Franciscan Youth (YouFra) was held at a Marist facility...
Montone - Italia

Montone, Italy: Federal Council of the Urbanist Poor Clares

On June 24-26, 2025, the Council of the Federation of Urbanist Poor Clares was held at the Monastery of Sant’Agnese in Montone, Italy, in...
Vietnam

Vietnam: 2025 OFS Elective Chapter

On June 27-29, 2025, the Friars Minor Friary of St. Francis of Assisi in Đa Kao, District 1 of Hồ Chí Minh City, the...
Vietnam

Fraternal and Pastoral Visit to the OFS National Fraternity in Vietnam

On June 13-27, 2025, the International Council of the Secular Franciscan Order (CIOFS) made a fraternal and pastoral visit to the National Fraternity of...
Vietnam

Vietnam: The Canticle of the Creatures – A Supportive Tool on the Formation Journey...

On June 12-19, 2025, the General Spiritual Assistant for the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS), Friar Stefan ACATRINEI, OFM Conv., visited Vietnam. The postulants and...
Uganda

Uganda: Inauguration of the Inter-Franciscan Course for Missionaries in Africa

The Inter-Franciscan Course for Missionaries in Africa (IMCA 2025) was officially inaugurated on June 16, 2025, at the Shrine of St. Charles Lwanga and...
Cracovia

Poland: Franciscan Family Gains Six Priests and a Deacon

On Saturday, May 31, 2025, the Franciscan Family gained six new priests and a deacon. The newly ordained priests are Friars Łukasz GRADEK, Szymon...
Lituania

Lithuania: Meeting of the Provincial Secretaries for Mission Animation of the Franciscan Orders

On May 20-23, 2025, the Provincial Secretaries for Mission Animation of the Franciscan Orders in Poland met in Vilnius, Lithuania, for their annual spring...
Costa Rica

Franciscan Formation Meetings in Central America and Colombia

The General Spiritual Assistant to the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) Friar Ștefan ACATRINEI, recently visited some OFS fraternities in the Americas. His visits were...
El Salvador

El Salvador: OFS National Elective Chapter

The national fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) of El Salvador has 250 members distributed among five regional fraternities. On Friday, May 16,...