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 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...
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...
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...
Greeting and Message of the Minister General on the Solemnity of St. Francis of...
May St. Francis teach us the way!
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...
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...
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...