Tag: Formation Houses
Mexico: New Acolytes and Lectors
On Saturday, August 17, 2019, Friar Mario CASTRO MARTÍNEZ, the Minister Provincial of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico, conferred the...
Vietnam: New Formation House and Friary
At 5:30 p.m., on March 2, 2019, more than a hundred people, including priests, religious, families, benefactors and friars gathered at the Annunciation Friary...
East Africa: Visit to Formation Houses
On January 27-31, 2019, the Assistant General for the African Federation of Conventual Franciscans (AFCOF) visited the formation houses of East Africa, namely, the...
Brazil: Formation Houses Visited
During their last two trips to Brazil in October and November of 2018, the Vicar General, Friar Jerzy NOREL and the Assistant General for...
Indonesia: Canonical Visitation to the Custody
From October 16-26, 2018, the Secretary General for Formation made a canonical visitation to the formation houses and friars in initial formation of...
Poland: Missionary Animation at the Formation Houses
On April 16-21, 2018, Friar Jarosław WYSOCZAŃKSI, the Secretary General for Missionary Animation (SGAM), presented various topics about missionary activity to the novitiate community...
Franciscan Teaching Methods: A Course on Forming Others in Franciscan Life
This course is being offered at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of St. Bonaventure (Seraphicum) in Rome, in collaboration with the Pontifical Salesian University. It...
Cardinal Friar François-Xavier BUSTILLO Takes Possession of Cardinal Title
On Saturday, April 20, 2024, at 6:00 p.m., His Eminence Cardinal François-Xavier BUSTILLO, OFM Conv., Bishop of Ajaccio, France, took possession of the Cardinal...
Interview Regarding Pope Sixtus V [Felice Peretti] (1585-1590)
On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, the General Archivist, Friar Domenico (Mimmo) CASTIGLIONE, was contacted by Matej SUNARA, a journalist for Croatian public television, for...
General Procuration Office Conducts Third Annual Meeting with Friar Canonists
On April 20, 2024, the General Procuration Office conducted its third annual meeting with the Order's student friars of Canon Law. The meeting took...
Francis Live: Young Italians Listening to St. Francis of Assisi
On April 11-14, 2024, more than 1,500 young people gathered in Florence, Italy, to participate in Francis Live, an event organized by Franciscan religious,...