General Secretariat

Here I am, writing to offer you my warmest wishes on the feast of our Seraphic Father St. Francis of Assisi. I made the decision to write to you with some trepidation because a few months ago, when the other Ministers General and I prepared and sent out the guidelines for celebrating the Franciscan centenaries, I had resolved to hold off writing more letters to the Order; I didn’t want them to overlap with the abundant stimuli and initiatives connected with the aforementioned centenaries.

During the session of the General Definitory held September 17, 2024, at the Friary of the Twelve Holy Apostles in Rome, Friar Giuseppe Myoungjin...

Rome, July 14, 2024  Dear confreres, On July 14, 2004, the first General Custos in Russia, Friar Gregory CIOROCH, lost his life in Belarus while returning...

The 203rd General Chapter begins In less than eleven months. Preparations for the Chapter are already underway and so far everything is proceeding according to...

On June 24th of this year, I was saddened to hear the news of the death of our confrere Archbishop Gianfranco Agostino GARDIN, former Minister General and member of the Italian Province of St. Anthony of Padua (Northern Italy). He led our Order with fraternal wisdom and foresight from 1995 to 2001, before being consecrated a bishop (August 26, 2006) and taking on the role of Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Finally, he passionately served the Church in Treviso, Italy, as a diocesan bishop from 2009 to 2019.

If God wills it, and the world has not ended beforehand, we will begin the 203rd General Chapter with Mass in the chapel of...

On Sunday, June 1, 2025, less than thirteen months or 9500 hours away, our Order will begin celebrating its 203rd General Chapter, if God...

On April 9, 2024, at midday, in Rome, the Holy See announced that Pope Francis had appointed our confrere, Friar Michael Thomas MARTIN, as...

The Conference of the Franciscan Family is pleased to announce that a plenary indulgence has been granted from December 8, 2023, the Solemnity of...

One day the Gospel was being read in that church about how the Lord sent out his disciples to preach. The holy man...