Tag: Central America
Central America: Solemn Profession and Diaconal Ordination in the Custody
During the final months of this Franciscan Jubilee Year, the Provincial Custody of Mary, Mother of Mercy in Central America has joyfully celebrated two...
Provincial Custody of Mary, Mother of Mercy in Central America Celebrates...
From Monday, December 1, to Friday, December 5, 2025, the Provincial Custody of Mary Mother of Mercy in Central America celebrated its 3rd Ordinary...
Franciscan Formation Meetings in Central America and Colombia
The General Spiritual Assistant to the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) Friar Ștefan ACATRINEI, recently visited some OFS fraternities in the Americas. His visits were...
Central America: Conventual Franciscan Formation Meeting
On Saturday, October 5, 2024, the Formation Commission of the Provincial Custody of Mary, Mother of Mercy in Central America, convened all the friars...
49th Anniversary of the Death of Friar Casimir CYPHER Celebrated
On June 17-25, 2024, Friars Juan Alonzo PAGOADA ACOSTA and José Isael SARMIENTO SARMIENTO, both members of the Custody of Mary, Mother of Mercy...
Central America-Ecuador: Second Novitiate
From Friday February 16, to Sunday March 17, 2024, Friar Oscar David GAÓN MARTÍNEZ of the Provincial Delegation in Ecuador and Friars Leoncio Obed...
Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – XXVI
Provincial Custody of Mary, Mother of Mercy in Central America
Mother Province: Province of Our Lady of Consolation in the USA (OLC)
In 1945, friars from...
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...
The Joy of Living the Gospel: The Solemnity of St. Francis and Solemn Profession...
From October 1 to 4, 2026, the Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles in Rome welcomed numerous friars and faithful to celebrate the 800th...
Michelangelo BUONARROTI: A Parishioner of the Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles in Rome
On September 30, 2026, the International Conference “Michelangelo and Rome: An Endless Love” opened in Rome at the headquarters of the Civita Association, in...
Austria: Neunkirchen’s New 30-Bell Carillon Is Blessed
Sunday, October 4, 2026, the Solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi, was particularly significant for the parish church in Neunkirchen, Austria. On that day,...
Roman: Grace-Filled Days with St. Francis of Assisi
From October 2 to 4, 2026, the Sf. Francisc de Assisi Friary in Roman, Romania, joyfully hosted a relic of St. Francis of Assisi...
Day after Day, We Build the House of Francis
As part of the 800th anniversary of the transitus of St. Francis of Assisi and the Franciscan Jubilee Year, on October 3 and 4,...