Tag: Brazil
Rio de Janeiro: 2026 FALC Ordinary Assembly
From Monday January 26 to Friday January 30, 2026, the Ordinary Assembly of the Federación América Latina Conventuales (FALC) took place in Rio de...
COP30: Franciscans and Climate Change
On November 10-22, 2025, Brazil hosted the 30th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP30). The meeting took place in Belém, in the Brazilian...
Rio de Janeiro: 800ᵗʰ Anniversary of the Canticle of the Creatures...
On September 27, 2025, in the late afternoon, the Conference of the Franciscan Family of Brazil (CFFB), Rio de Janeiro branch, gathered for a...
Brazil: 37th Annual UCOB Winter Course in Franciscanism
On July 7 -18, 2025, the 37th Annual UCOB Winter Course in Franciscanism took place at the São Francisco de Assis Post-Novitiate Formation House...
Brazil: Quinquennium Meeting
On May 19-23, 2025, the Union of Conventual Franciscans of Brazil (UCOB) conducted a continuing formation meeting for friars who have been solemnly professed...
Brazil: 10ᵗʰ Annual Franciscan Youth Day
On May 1-4, 2025, the 10th Annual Franciscan Youth Day was held at Casa Kolbe in Caçapava, State of São Paulo, Brazil. The theme...
Brazil: 2025 FALC Second Novitiate Experience
On January 6-31, 2025, the Federación América Latina Conventuales (FALC) conducted a Second Novitiate Experience at the São Francisco de Assis Friary in Curitiba,...
Fortaleza – Brazil: 2025 FALC Assembly
On January 20-24, 2025, the Assembly of the Federación América Latina Conventuales (FALC) for 2025 was celebrated at the retreat center run by the...
Brazil: UCOB Leadership Makes Fraternal Visit to Common Novitiate
On August 13-16, 2024, the President and the Secretary of the Union of Conventual Franciscans of Brazil (UCOB) visited the Santo António Common Novitiate...
4ᵗʰ Annual Franciscan Symposium: Celebrations for the 800ᵗʰ Anniversary of the...
On July 8-10, 2024, the Union of Conventual Franciscans of Brazil (UCOB) conducted its 4th Annual Franciscan Symposium. This year’s event was entitled: “800...
Zambia: Priestly Ordinations during the Jubilee of St. Francis
On Saturday, May 9, 2026, there was joy and jubilation as six Conventual Franciscan friars from the Province of the Franciscan Protomartyrs in Zambia...
Conventual Franciscan Elected Secretary General of Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Institutes...
On May 12, 2026, during their meeting held in Wadowice, Poland, the Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Institutes in Poland elected the Secretary General...
Poland: Retreat for People with Cancer in Niepokalanów Lasek
On May 4-9, 2026, a retreat for people with cancer was held at the friary in Niepokalanów Lasek, a presence of the Province of...
“With the Heart, in the Name of Francis”: The Solidarity Telethon of the Friars...
On Friday, May 29, 2026, the 24rd annual “Con il Cuore, nel Nome di Francesco” solidarity concert/telethon returns. The event is organized by...
National OFS Fraternity of Lithuania: Formation Day
Wherever and whenever brothers and sisters gather, the words of the Psalmist: “How good and how pleasant it is” (Ps 133) become a lived...