Poland: New Missionary Mandate
On Monday. June 14, 2021, Friar Marek DUBANIK (61) left for the mission in Paraguay. Earlier, on Saturday, June 12, Friar Marek received the...
Uzbekistan: 30th Anniversary of the Conventual Franciscan Mission
Thirty years have passed (1991-2021), since the arrival of Friar Krzysztof KUKUŁKA, the first Conventual Franciscan missionary in Uzbekistan. Friar Krzysztof was a member...
Indonesia: Triduum in Honor of St. Anthony of Padua
This year, the Minister Provincial of the Province of Mary Immaculate in Indonesia, Friar Cornelius Tri Chandra FAJARYANTO, along with his Definitors, offered a...
Mexico: Renewal of Vows
On Saturday, June 12, 2021, nine friar-theology students of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico renewed their simple vows. The event...
Rome: Restored Fresco at the Church of San Giacomo alla Lungara
After being darkened for four centuries, the great fresco inside Rome’s Church of San Giacomo alla Lungara has been brought back into the light....
Puglia: Ordinary Provincial Chapter – Part I
On June 7-11, 2021, the Province of St. Nicholas and St. Angelo in Italy (Puglia) conducted an Ordinary Provincial Chapter. The Chapter took place...
Zagreb: 2000 Young People Walk with St. Anthony
On Saturday June 5, 2021, in anticipation of the feast of St. Anthony of Padua, the third annual “Antonian Way of the Young” event...
Zagreb: Croatian Areopagus Museum Opens
On Sunday, June 6, the new “Croatian Areopagus Museum and Center for Interreligious Dialogue" opened in Zagreb, Croatia. The Croatian Areopagus Center is involved...
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...
Cracow: Extraordinary Provincial Chapter Begins
On Sunday evening, June 6, 2021, the Extraordinary Provincial Chapter of the Province of St. Anthony and Bl. James of Strepar in Poland (Cracow)...