Tag: Brazil
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...
Brazil: Meeting of UCOB Major Superiors
On May 22-24, 2024, the Ministers Provincial and Custodes of the Conventual Franciscan Jurisdictions in Brazil met at the Senhor do Bonfim Friary in...
Brazil: 2024 Novitiate Year Begins
On February 17, 2024, at 4:00 p.m., the Conventual Franciscan Novitiate of St. Anthony in Cascavel, Brazil, began a new year. All of the...
Brazil: First Franciscan Hike to Christ the Redeemer
On September 30, 2023, the first Franciscan hike to the Christ the Redeemer statue took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Members of the Franciscan...
Brazil: Formation Week at the Santo Antônio Novitiate
On October 24-29, 2022, a formation week took place at the Santo Antônio Common Novitiate of the Federación América Latina Conventuales (FALC), in Cascavel,...
Brazil: Mission in the Amazon
The friars of the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in Brazil are doing important missionary work in the cities of Tefé and Juruá,...
Brazil: UCOB Franciscanism Course
On July 11-30, 2021, the Union of Conventual Franciscans of Brazil (UCOB) conducted a winter course in Franciscanism for the temporarily professed friars of...
Brazil: UCOB Formation Meeting
On May 22, 2021, the aspirants and postulants of the Union of Conventual Franciscans of Brazil (UCOB) took part in an online formation meeting...
Brazil: Meeting of Youth and Vocation Ministry Animators
On October 28-29, 2020, an online meeting on youth and vocation ministry took place in the Conventual Franciscan Jurisdictions in Brazil.
Those attending included: Friars...
Brazil: Annual Retreat for Post-Novices
On February 17-21, 2020, the annual retreat for post-novices of the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in Brazil took place at the São...
New Fraternus Nuntius 2/2024
The second issue of Fraternus Nuntius for 2024 is now available. It contains documents and news articles covering April through June, 2024.
In the opening...
Romania: 23rd Ordinary Provincial Chapter – Part II
On July 15-19, 2024, the Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. in Romania celebrated the second part of its 23rd Ordinary Provincial...
Exhibition on the Blessed Martyrs of Peru Unveiled at Kolbe Shrine in Carini
On Saturday, July 13, 2024, an exhibition entitled: “The Blessed Martyrs of Peru and Father Kolbe” was unveiled at the Shrine of St. Maximilian...
Assisi: Nine Novices Profess Simple Vows
On Saturday, July 20, 2024, nine novices concluded their novitiate year at the Sacred Convent in Assisi and professed their vows to live in...
Assisi: Spiritual Retreat for Some FEMO Friars at the Franciscanum
On July 13-20, 2024, the Franciscanum community in Assisi hosted a group of friars from the Foederatio Europae Mediae et Orientalis (FEMO) who were...