Saturday, May 4, 2024

“St. Francis Anthony Fasani: God, the Wealth of Man”

A new book has just been published entitled, “St. Francis Anthony Fasani: God, the Wealth of Man - Outlines of Sermons, Homiletic Reflections and...
Clarisse

Intermediate Assembly of the Urbanist Poor Clares of Italy

“ have come together from many parts and provinces” (The Canticle of Exhortation for the Ladies of San Damiano 1:1; FF 263 ). On...
Poland

Poland: Simple Profession

On September 17, 2022, the Feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi, five confreres (three from Poland and two from Ukraine) made...
Kenya

“HARAMBEE” in Kenya

During my visit to Kenya, September 10-17, 2022, I learned a Swahili word: “harambee,” which expresses the importance of everyone pulling together to make...

Like a Goldfinch in a Cage

With just a few days to go before his feast day, September 18, 2022, a new book has been published on St. Joseph of...
Kalwaria Pacławska

Poland: The Pope’s Almoner Visits Kalwaria Pacławska

On Sunday, September 11, 2022, His Eminence, Konrad Cardinal KRAJEWSKI, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, while on his way to...
Croazia

Croatia: Elevation of the Shrine of St. Anthony of Padua to a “Minor Basilica”

On Friday, September 16, 2022, His Eminence, Josip Cardinal BOZANIĆ, Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia, presented Friar Miljenko HONTIĆ, the Minister Provincial of the Province...
Romania

Romania: A New Novice and Two Simply Professed

On September 7-8, 2022, the Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. in Romania celebrated two significant events in initial formation. On Wednesday, September...
Rivotorto

Zambia: A Fraternal Discussion on Franciscan Discipleship

On September 6, 2022, the student friars of the Rivotorto Friary in Lusaka, belonging to the Province of the Franciscan Protomartyrs in Zambia, were...
Niepokalanów

Poland: Retreat for the Disabled

Between August and September of 2022, a retreat for people with disabilities took place at the Niepokalanów-Lasek Friary of the Province of the Immaculate...