Ukraine: OFS National Elective Chapter
The national fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) in Ukraine was supposed to celebrate its National Elective Chapter in 2022, but due to...
Responding to Syrian War and Earthquake Traumas
Franciscan Social Theatre’s Facilitators’ Training Program
Over the past fifteen months, our Franciscan Social Theatre Team delivered more than one hundred hours of social theatre...
Conclusion of Course for Franciscan Missionaries in Latin America
“What we do is about more than taking action; it’s also about being. When we take action, it should be to give life to...
Peace and Justice Pilgrimage to Assisi
On June 23-30, 2024, the Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service, and the Franciscan Action Network (FAN), facilitated a “Peace and Justice Pilgrimage” to Assisi,...
Friary and Hermitage
Franciscan Formation – Inspirations (Part 22)
“It is fitting that in each Province and Custody, or in collaboration between several Provinces or Custodies, there be...
SGAM and SGF: Visit to the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in Brazil
During the first half of July of 2024, Friar Dariusz MAZUREK, the General Delegate for the General Secretariat for Mission Animation (SGAM), and Friar...
The Challenge of Synodality for the Mission
On June 13, 2024, the annual meeting with the Moderators of the International Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements and New Communities took place...
SGF: Spiritual Retreat for Senior FEMO Friars
On June 11-18, 2024, some senior friars from Poland attended a spiritual retreat in Italy.
Of the eight friars who participated, three were from the...
Austria: OFS Elective National Chapter
On June 14-16, 2024, the National Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) in Austria conducted a National Elective Chapter. The Chapter was held...
Course Inaugurated for Franciscan Missionaries in Latin America and the Caribbean
On June 10, 2024, the third annual course for Franciscan Missionaries began with Mass presided over by the Vicar General of the Capuchin Franciscans,...