Tag: 2025 General Chapter
Thursday, June 12, 2025 – Discussion on Financial Motions
The 7:00 a.m. Mass for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest, was presided over by Friar Mario CASTRO MARTÍNEZ,...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 – Discussion on Motions and Iuxta Modum
Friar Benedict BAEK, Minister Provincial of the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in South Korea, presided over the morning Mass. In his homily,...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 – New General Definitory and Motions
At 7:00 a.m., Mass was presided over by the new Vicar General, Friar Igor SALMIČ. In his homily, in Italian and English, he reminded...
New General Definitory of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual
On June 10, 2025, the General Chapter assembly completed the election of the friars who will be members of the General Government for the...
Monday, June 9, 2025 – Election of the General Definitory
This morning’s Mass was celebrated in Polish. The presider was Friar Tadeusz BRZOZOWSKI from the Province of St. Francis of Assisi in Kenya. He...
Sunday, June 8, 2025 – Solemnity of Pentecost
Today was a day without commitments for the Capitulars, since they got back from Assisi around 12:30 a.m. the night before.
The Capitulars made an...
Saturday, June 7, 2025 – Confirmation of the Minister General
The Capitulars had an early wake-up call today! They boarded buses and departed for Assisi at 6:30 a.m.
They arrived around 10:00 a.m., and after...
Friday, June 6, 2025 – Conclusion of the Second Session
The day began with Mass and Morning Prayer in Spanish. Friar Jorge Arturo DOBLES ULLOA, the Provincial Custos of the Provincial Custody of Mary,...
Thursday, June 5, 2025 – Reading the Last Remaining Reports and Group Work
Today, the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours were celebrated in a different language: English. The Rector of the Seraphicum, Friar Adam MĄCZKA,...
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 – Summary of Reports
At 7:00 a.m., the Vicar General, Friar Jan MACIEJOWSKI, presided over the votive Mass of the Holy Spirit. His homily, in Italian and Polish,...
Burkina Faso: 25 Years in the Land of Upright People
Thanksgiving and a Shared Journey
On behalf of the Order, I raise a hymn of profound gratitude to God for these last twenty-five years of...
Smardzewice: New Novices and First Professions
On Saturday, September 12, 2026, an important event took place for the Conventual Franciscan fraternity at the St. Anne Friary and Shrine in Smardzewice,...
Assisi: Formation Week for Friars Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Solemn Profession
There is something about Assisi that is hard to put into words. One need only walk its streets, enter a Franciscan church, or pause...
Project No. 10/2026 – Construction of a Masonry Fence [Wall]
Project No. 10/2026 –
Construction of a Masonry Fence
at Maseyu Farm (Segerea, Tanzania)
The Conventual Franciscan Provincial Custody of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in Tanzania...
New Fraternus Nuntius 2 – 2026
The second issue of the 2026 general newsletter of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (OFM Conv.) is now available. It features documents and...