Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Minister General

A Brief Lenten Message from the Minister General

We are beginning a penitential season: Lent, in a year in which we commemorate the 800th anniversary of the Later Rule. We are the...
Discipleship and Ratio

Discipleship and Ratio Online

The texts of Franciscan Discipleship and Ratio Studiorum, which were promulgated by the Minister General, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, on December 13, 2022, are now...

Christmas Letter from the Minister General

We are about to embark on the four-year journey of the 2023-2026 Franciscan Centenary...
Stefan ACATRINEI OFMConv

New OFS General Spiritual Assistant

On November 1, 2022, Friar Ștefan ACATRINEI of the Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. in Romania, will officially begin his service...

Franciscan Centenary 2023-26 – Resource Material

In his 2022 greeting and message for the Solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi, the Minister General, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, mentioned a text published...
Conferenza della Famiglia Francescana

Conference of the Franciscan Family: Prayer and Fasting for Peace

Each year, the Feast of St. Francis brings together many brothers and sisters of the Franciscan Family in Assisi. The Ministers General come to Assisi...
Ayatollah Arafi

Ayatollah Arafi Visits the General Curia

On Monday, May 30, 2022, the Order of Friars Minor Conventual welcomed the delegation from Iran, headed by Ayatollah Ali Reza ARAFI, President of...
pasqua-2022

Easter Greetings from the Minister General

Dear Brothers:                 It is Easter, when Christ breaks the chains of death and rises triumphant from the grave (cf. Exultet). It is the Passover...
Friar Carlos Alberto TROVARELLI,

Prayer for Peace in the World

Dear Brothers, Peace and All Good! In the last few days, everyone around the world has become aware of the possibility of an armed conflict in Eastern...