Seraphicum: Conclusion of the Academic Year
On June 22, 2022, the Pontifical Theological Faculty of St. Bonaventure and the Graphology Department at the Seraphicum in Rome, ended the 2021/2022 academic...
Rome: Meeting with the Presidents of the Conventual Franciscan Federations
On June 14-18, 2022, the meeting of the Minister General and his Definitory with the Presidents of the Federations took place at the Friary...
Conventual Franciscan Friars Revisit Mount Athos
From May 31 to June 4, 2022, the Conventual Franciscans made a second visit to Mount Athos in Greece. The area is considered the...
A Book Chronicling the Conventual Franciscan Missionary Presence around the World
During the recent Missionary Assembly held May 25-28, 2022, a new book was presented, entitled: “Go and Proclaim: The Presence of Friars Minor Conventual...
Ayatollah Arafi Visits the General Curia
On Monday, May 30, 2022, the Order of Friars Minor Conventual welcomed the delegation from Iran, headed by Ayatollah Ali Reza ARAFI, President of...
32nd Missionary Assembly: “From Missions to Mission”
On May 25-28, 2022, the Missionary Center of the Federazione Inter-mediterranea Ministri Provinciali (FIMP) conducted its annual assembly at the Seraphicum College in Rome....
Lay Brothers Can Become Major Superiors
With a rescript dated May 18, 2022, Pope Francis changed canon law to allow for non-clerical religious, those belonging to clerical institutes of pontifical...
Fraternus Nuntius 1/2022
This year’s first edition of the Order’s newsletter Fraternus Nuntius is now available. It contains documents and news covering January - March, 2022.
In the...
Seraphicum: Conferral of Ministries of Lector and Acolyte
On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at 7:00 p.m., the ministries of lector and acolyte were conferred upon twelve temporarily professed friars from the formation...
Friary of the “Last Suppers”
“He calls it the ‘Friary of the Last Suppers.’ Yes, it’s plural. Moreover, as Friar Mykola ORACH talks about it, his tone becomes somber....