Treviso: Franciscan Mission Day
From Saturday evening, March 12 through all of Sunday, March 13, 2022, a Franciscan Missionary Day was celebrated in Treviso, Italy.
The Mission Day began...
Burkina Faso: Meeting with Postulants
On Monday, February 7, 2022, the Vicar General, Friar Jan MACIEJOWSKI, and the General Delegate for Mission Animation, Friar Dariusz MAZUREK, met with the...
Burkina Faso: St. Maximilian Kolbe Hospital Blessed
On February 5, 2022, the friars of the Provincial Delegation in Burkina Faso blessed the St. Maximilian Kolbe Hospital in Sabou, Burkina Faso. The...
The Mission of St. Francis of Assisi and the First Friars
This is the final article of the series on the Mission of St. Francis of Assisi and the First Friars.
The Mission of St. Francis of Assisi and the First Friars
The renewal of apostolic life, to which Francis and his friars contributed by involving themselves in the pastoral activities of the whole Church, reached both Christians and non-believers.
The Mission of St. Francis of Assisi and the First Friars
10. A Missionary Orientation of Life
Although the Seraphic Father’ s first attempts to preach the Gospel to non-believers might have been unsuccessful, the “orientation...
The Mission of St. Francis of Assisi and the First Friars
9. The Idea of Going to the Infidels
Francis left his native Italy for the first time in 1212. He was driven by the desire...
The Mission of St. Francis of Assisi and the First Friars
8. The Situation in Non-Christian Lands
The Church deeply desired missionary activity ad gentes, even before the time of St. Francis. One of its strongest...
The Mission of St. Francis of Assisi and the First Friars
7. The Preaching Activities of the Friars
Reports from other religious of the time, especially the Benedictines, confirm that the friars had the habit of...
The Mission of St. Francis of Assisi and the First Friars
6. Preaching Conversion and Penance
When St. Francis wrote about preachers in chapter XVII of the Earlier Rule (46-49), he spoke about their standing, wishing...