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France: Meeting of the Student Friars with the Custos

For several years, the Custos of the Provincial Custody of St. Bonaventure in France-Belgium, Friar Jean-François Marie AUCLAIR, has gathered the temporary professed of...

France: On the Occasion of the 800th Anniversary of the Later...

For the last several years, the Franciscans of the First Order of France-Belgium have conducted an annual meeting to spend some time together, either...

France: Priestly Ordination

On June 6, 2022, Friar Jérémie-Marie MACÉ of the Provincial Custody of St. Bonaventure in France-Belgium was ordained to the priesthood by the Most...

Lourdes: Summer Experience

During July and August of 2021, eleven friars from Italy, France, Romania, Croatia and the Middle East, most of them simply professed, enjoyed a...

France: Diaconal Ordination

On December 26, 2020, the feast of St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr, the friars of the Provincial Custody of St. Bonaventure in France-Belgium joyfully...

France: Summer Service Experience in Lourdes

During the summer of 2019 we were able to host seventeen young friars at our St. Maximilian M. Kolbe friary in Lourdes for a...

France-Belgium: Custodial Chapter

On February 19-22, 2018, the Provincial Custody of St. Bonaventure in France-Belgium, of the Italian Province of St. Anthony of Padua, celebrated its Ordinary...

Thursday, June 19, 2025 – Motions and Discussion in the Chapter Hall

Today, the Capitulars celebrated the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. All of the friars took part—even those from other...
Capitulum generale 2025

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 – Motion 13 and Work in Groups

Today, the morning Mass was presided over by the Minister Provincial of the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in Poland (Gdańsk), Friar Wojciech...
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Poland: Friar Zdzisław KIJAS Honored

On June 18, 2025, Friar Zdzisław KIJAS was awarded the Medal of Merit of the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow, Poland....
Capitulum Generale 2025

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 – Discussion and Approval of Motions

As usual, the Capitulars celebrated Mass with Morning Prayer at 7:00 a.m. The newly elected Assistant General for the Federazione Intermediterranea Ministri Provinciali (FIMP),...
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Uganda: Inauguration of the Inter-Franciscan Course for Missionaries in Africa

The Inter-Franciscan Course for Missionaries in Africa (IMCA 2025) was officially inaugurated on June 16, 2025, at the Shrine of St. Charles Lwanga and...