Tag: Assisi
Assisi: Anniversary of the Dedication of the Basilica
Immediately after St. Francis’ canonization, on July 16, 1228, Pope Gregory IX ordered that a specialis ecclesia, a Basilica, should be built in Assisi...
Assisi: The Sultan and the Saint at the Sacro Convento
“Thank you all. I feel at home.” These were the words of Alex KRONEMER, the director of a documentary film about the meeting between...
Italy: Assisi—Day of Prayer for Peace
On Friday, April 27, 2018, the ecclesial and civil authorities of the city of Assisi organized a day of prayer for peace in Syria.
The...
Saint Mary of the Angels: FIMP Assembly
From February 28 to March 2, 2018, the 122nd Ordinary General Assembly of the Federazione Inter-mediterranea Ministri Provinciali (FIMP) was held at the Casa...
Brussels: Meeting of the International Youth Toward Assisi Team
On March 2-4, 2018, the team preparing the upcoming International Youth towards Assisi Meeting had their third organizing conference. The conference took place at...
Greeting of the Minister General on the Solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi, 2023
One day the Gospel was being read in that church about how the Lord sent out his disciples to preach. The holy man...
Southern Italy: Postulancy Year Begins
On September 25, 2023, six men received the Tau Cross as they began their first year of postulancy. The ceremony took place in the...
Cres: 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Archbishop Vitale Antonio BOMMARCO
On Sunday, September 24, 2023, during the 9:30 a.m. Mass, the St. Francis Friary in Cres, Croatia, commemorated what would have been the 100th...
Assisi: Continuing Formation for Friars of Croatia
On September 18-22, 2023, on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the Later Rule, some friars from the Province of St. Jerome in...
Croatia: 2023-24 Postulancy Program Begins
On Monday, September 25, 2023, four men began their religious formation with the Province of St. Jerome in Croatia. Three of the candidates entered...