Tag: Central America
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...
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...
Croatia: Friar Mateo VUJČIĆ Celebrates First Mass
On Sunday, July 6, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., Friar Mateo VUJČIĆ of the Province of St. Jerome in Croatia, celebrated his first Mass. The...
Colombia: 2025 Annual Spiritual Retreat and Start of the Second Novitiate Program
From June 30 to July 4, 2025, the Friars Minor Conventual of the Custody of St. Francis of Assisi in Colombia gathered in a...
Chile: Winter Mission in Chequenlemu
Testimony
On June 19-22, 2025, we, the Franciscan Youth Pastoral group from the Jesús de Nazaret Parish in Curicó, Chile, carried out some mission work...
Poland: Finale of “The Mirror of Carpathian Cultures. Prologue”
On Saturday, July 5, 2025, a folk festival took place in Arłamów, Poland. The festival continued the next day in Kalwaria Pacławska, Poland. The...
First Ordinary Chapter of the Italian Province of Saint Joseph of Cupertino (Part II)
From June 30 to July 4, 2025, the second part of the first Ordinary Chapter of the new Italian Province of St. Joseph of...