The Minister General Visits Finland
On January 27-31, 2024, the Minister General, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, visited Finland in response to an invitation he received more than a year ago...
Istanbul: Mass of Reparation
On Thursday, February 1, 2024, at 7:00 p.m., a Mass of Reparation will be celebrated at the Church of the Nativity of Our Lady,...
Negatives of Memory: The Labyrinths of Marian KOŁODZIEJ (1921-2009)
On June 14, 1940, the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland, became operational. That same day, the first train full of deportees entered the...
Meeting of the New Ministers Provincial, Custodes and Secretaries at the General Curia
On January 15-19, 2024, the Minister General and his Definitory conducted their annual meeting with the newly elected Ministers Provincial, Custodes and Secretaries. Because...
Friar Enzo FORTUNATO Appointed Coordinator of World Children’s Day
On Friday, January 19, 2024, a communique arrived from the Holy See announcing the appointment of Friar Enzo FORTUNATO as both the Coordinator of...
New Fraternus Nuntius 4 – 2023
The fourth issue of Fraternus Nuntius for 2023 contains documents and news of the Order for October, November and December. We invite all of...
Live Broadcast of the Funeral of Friar Joachim GIERMEK
On Friday, January 12, and Saturday, January 13, 2024, the friars and the faithful will be able to participate online in the wake and...
Friar Joachim (Thomas) Anthony GIERMEK Embraced by Sister Death
Friar Joachim (Thomas) Anthony GIERMEK, OFM Conv., 80, a member of the Our Lady of the Angels Province in the USA, died peacefully on...
La Verna: Inauguration of the 800th Anniversary of the Stigmata of St. Francis
From Wounds, New Life.
Just as last year’s Christmas at Greccio Anniversary took place on the site of the original event in Greccio, Italy, so...
La Verna: Solemn Inauguration of the 800th Anniversary of the Stigmata of St. Francis
All members of the Franciscan Family, both religious and lay, are invited to the Sanctuary of La Verna, Italy, on Friday, January 5, 2024,...