Tag: Central America
Friar Casimir CYPHER: Faithful Witness of the Gospel and the Mission...
“Friar Casimir was visiting our community of El Carbon in San Esteban. I remember a group of us men met him in the neighboring...
Central America: 2023 Custodial Spiritual Retreat
For St. Francis of Assisi, the life of union with God was the foundation and raison d’être of fraternity. Francis constantly asked his brothers...
Central America: Fraternal Visit of the Assistant General
From July 27 to August 11, 2022, the Assistant General for the Federación América Latina Conventuales (FALC), Friar Rogério PEREIRA XAVIER, made a fraternal...
Friar Casimir CYPHER: An Ordinary Life Made Extraordinary
Have you ever wondered how to make the ordinary things in your life extraordinary? That is what Friar Casimir CYPHER did in his lifetime....
Central America: Simple Profession
On Sunday, January 16, 2022, the Provincial Custody of Mary Mother of Mercy in Central America joyfully celebrated the simple profession of two of...
Central America: Ordinary Custodial Chapter – Part I
On January 3-6, 2022, the Provincial Custody of Mary Mother of Mercy in Central America celebrated its second Ordinary Custodial Chapter. The Chapter was...
Central America: Custodial Pre-Chapter Assembly
On October 11-15, 2021, the friars of the Provincial Custody of Mary, Mother of Mercy in Central America met online to celebrate their Pre-Chapter...
Nicaragua: Travels on the Coco River
For seventeen days in January of 2021, Friars Erick G. MARÍN CARBALLO and Ronaldo Francisco CRUZ GONZÁLEZ went on a mission experience, visiting various...
Central America: Formation Meeting for Formators
On October 19-23, 2020, the Provincial Custody of Mary, Mother of Mercy in Central America held an online psycho-spiritual workshop for formators.
During the first...
San Salvador: Ecological Conversion Starts at Home
In light of the ongoing global health and environmental crises in 2020, the friars at San Antonio de Padua Friary and Formation House in...
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...