Tag: Brazil
Brazil: UCOB Franciscanism Course
On July 8-20, 2018, the 31st Winter Franciscanism Course, hosted by the Union of Conventual Franciscans of Brazil (UCOB), took place at the São...
Brazil: Formators’ Meeting
On July 16-20, 2018, a meeting for formators was held for eighteen friars who diirect initial formation. The meeting took place at the Senhor...
Brazil: Custody of St. Bonaventure Marks 50th Anniversary
This year, 2018, marks the 50th anniversary of Conventual Franciscan presence in northeastern Brazil. A program of celebrations began in 2017, when each friary...
Brazil [SMK]: Meeting of the Guardians
On July 2-6, 2018, a “Meeting of the Guardians” was celebrated in the Franciscan Center for Evangelization and Culture (CFEC - ISB) in Brasilia,...
Brazil: Solemn Profession
At 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 7, 2018, the Province of St. Maximilian Kolbe in Brazil celebrated the solemn profession of six of its...
Brazil: National M.I. Assembly
On June 1-3, 2018, Brazil held its first National Militia of the Immaculate Assembly (M.I.). The Assembly took place in an atmosphere of communion...
Honduras, Costa Rica and Brazil: In the Footsteps of Witnesses
From May 15-31, 2018, the Postulator General traveled in Honduras, Costa Rica and Brazil, where he learned more about some of our friars who...
Brazil: Conventual Franciscans Meet
On May 21- 25, 2018, the communities of the Order from the Brazilian states of Bahia and Paraiba met for a second time in...
Brazil: Canonical Visitation to the St. Bonaventure Custody
On April 18-27, 2018, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, the Assistant General for the Federación Conventuales America Latina conducted a canonical visitation to the Provincial...
Brazil: “Quinquennium” in the Province of St. Maximilian Kolbe
On April 16-20, 2018, the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in Brazil held a “quinquennium” meeting in Brasilia.
The quinquennium brought together newly ordained...
Fraternus Nuntius: First Issue of 2024
The first issue of Fraternus Nuntius for 2024 is now available. The newsletter contains documents and news articles covering January through March, 2024.
The opening...
Conventual Franciscan Presences around the World (V)
Provincial Delegation in Belarus
Mother Province: Province of the Immaculate Mother of God in Poland (Warsaw)
Franciscans have been present in Belarus since the 14th century....
Brazil: Joint Definitory Meeting
On April 23, 2024, the Definitors of the Province of St. Francis in Brazil and the Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception of the...
Brazil: Diaconal Ordinations
On Saturday, April 20, 2024, at 10:30 a.m., two friars from the Province of St. Francis in Brazil were ordained to the diaconate. The...
European Conferences of Religious Orders
The Union of European Conferences of Major Superiors (UCESM) comprises thirty-eight national Conferences representing the Major Superiors of apostolic Religious Institutes from twenty-eight European...