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, 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: 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...
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: 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: 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...
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...
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...
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: 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,...