Tag: formation
India: From the Rule to the Wounds of St. Francis
On January 19-20, 2024, the pre-novices, novices, and all the students of the major seminary at the Belvedere Ashram in Kotagir, India, and the...
Abruzzo: Continuing Formation in the Province
On January 3-4, 2024, the Province of St. Bernardine and St. Angelo in Italy (Abruzzo-Molise) conducted its first two-day continuing formation retreat for 2023-24....
Christmas at Greccio and Retreats
On December 29-31, 2023, more than sixty-five Franciscans from the various branches of our family tree gathered at the Mount St. Francis Center for...
Brazil: Formation on the Later Rule
November 29, 2023, marked exactly eight hundred years since the Later Rule of the Friars Minor was confirmed by Pope Honorius III in Rome....
Poland: Workshop for Communicators in the Church
On November 28-30, 2023, a three-day workshop was organized for persons involved in communication in the Church. The workshop offered lessons on how to...
South Korea: 2023 Annual Continuing Formation Meeting
On November 20-25, 2023, the friars of the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in South Korea conducted a six-day continuing formation meeting. The...
Romania: Two Days of Formation
On November 14-16, 2023, the friars of the Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. in Romania met for two days of continuing...
2023 Missionary Course for Europe
Dear brothers,
Greetings, I am writing to you after the first day of the New Evangelization in Europe course.
I have been informed that some of...
Ghana: Formation Week
On October 9-13, 2023, the Provincial Custody of St. Anthony of Padua in Ghana conducted its annual formation week.
The event took place at the...
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...
South Korea: 61st Vocation Sunday Event
On Sunday, April 21, 2024, friars from five different friaries, including some friars in formation at the local seminary, participated in the 61st Vocation...
Poland-Cracow: Ordinary Provincial Chapter, Part 1
On April 15-19, 2024, the Province of St. Anthony and Bl. James of Strepar in Poland (Cracow) celebrated the first part of its Ordinary...
Russia: Dedication of the Church in OzΓ«rsk
On Saturday, April 13, 2024, the Conventual Franciscan friars in Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, dedicated the Parish Church of the Annunciation of the Lord...
KarΕΔ±yaka – Izmir: Conventual Franciscans Return to the Parish of St. Helena
Sunday, April 14, 2024, was a day of great significance for the faithful in the KarΕΔ±yaka District of Izmir, Turkey. It was the day...
Sicily-Calabria: Fraternal Assembly
On April 15-16, 2024, the friars of the Italian Province of the Immaculate Conception (Sicily-Calabria) conducted a Fraternal Assembly under the title: βFor a...