Uganda: Greetings from the Minister General
Here are the greetings of the Minister General, Friar Carlos A. TROVARELLI, to all the friars, sent from Munyonyo, Uganda.
Friar Carlos was in...
Seraphicum: Conference – “The Interior Journey: Franciscan Itineraries for the Homo Viator”
Registration is now open for the conference: “The Interior Journey: Franciscan Itineraries for the Homo Viator,” presented by the Pontifical Theological Faculty of St....
Japan: Seibo no Kishi Magazine Publishes 1000th Issue
The Seibo no Kishi Magazine, published by the Conventual Franciscans in Japan, has printed its thousandth issue. The magazine was founded by St. Maximilian...
Germany: Opening of the Marian Month
The friars of the friary in Schwarzenberg, Germany, a Marian pilgrimage destination, were pleased to have been visited twice in the last week by...
New Secretary General of the Pontifical Missionary Union
On May 1, 2021, His Eminence, Luis Antonio Cardinal TAGLE, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Friar Đình Anh Nhuệ...
Nigeria: Visit to Abeokuta
For some time now, the Order has been praying over and studying the possibility of having a Conventual presence in Nigeria. This potential Nigerian...
Orient and the Holy Land: Formation Days
On April 21-23, 2021, the friars of the Provincial Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land met online to participate in three days...
Do to No One What You Yourself Hate
In Chapter IV of the Earlier Rule, St. Francis talks about the relationship that the Superior should have with the friars and the friars...
Fraternus Nuntius 1/2021
We invite everyone to read this year’s first issue of the newsletter of the Order featuring news and documents from January - March, 2021.
We...
New Stamp Commemorating St. Anthony of Padua
The Vatican Post Office has issued a stamp commemorating St. Anthony of Padua on the 800th anniversary of his arrival in Italy.
The stamp, which...