Provincial and Custodial Chapters during the Pandemic
With the ongoing pandemic we are experiencing around the world, the question arises as to whether or not we should celebrate Provincial and Custodial...
Legal Updates
Ipso Facto Dismissal for Illegitimate Absence and Inability to Be Contacted
The Motu proprio "Communis vita" promulgated by Pope Francis on March 19, 2019, introduced...
Minister General: Easter Message
Rome, Easter 2020
He is not here. He has risen (Mt 28:6a)
Dear brothers,
I was always struck by the expression used by the angel who sat...
The Six-Year Plan – Usual Questions from a Friar and Some Simple Answers
During the last session of the General Definitory (February, 2020), the Minister General, with his Definitory, completed the final text of the Order's Six-Year...
From the Minister General to All the Friars of the Order
Dear brothers,
I am writing these few words to each of you to express my fraternal greeting and to offer you a very simple but...
Visit to the General Houses
In its sixth session (February 24-29, 2020), the General Definitory completed a visit to the General Houses in Rome. In January of 2020, the...
First Meeting of the Committee for the Revision of the Directory for the Celebration...
On Saturday and Sunday, February 8-9, 2020, the members of the working group of the Committee for the Revision of the Directories for the...
New Editor of Commentarium Ordinis
On February 14, 2020, the Minister General, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, having obtained the favorable opinion of his Definitory, appointed Friar Silvestru BEJAN as the...
Letter on the Anniversaries Related to St. Anthony of Padua and WYD 2022
Dear Ministers Provincial,
Dear Provincial Custodes,
Dear brothers serving in the field of Youth and Vocation Ministry,
We are writing to inform you about a program for...
Motion No. 9 of the 202nd Ordinary General Chapter of 2019 “New Wineskins for...
Dear brothers,
Peace and All Good!
As the General Definitory, we take our commitment to complete the “Chapter Mandate” as seriously as possible, that is, to...