Tag: France
France: OFS National Elective Chapter
On December 12-14, 2025, the National Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) of France conducted its National Elective Chapter. The event took place...
Franciscan September for the Friars of France: Formation, Fraternity, and Festivity
On August 30, 2025, the Provincial Custody of St. Bonaventure in France-Belgium, of the Italian Province of St. Anthony of Padua (Northern Italy), was...
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...
Venezuela: Profession of Temporary and Perpetual Vows in the Custody
For the glory of God and the holiness of the Church, on Saturday, February 7, 2026, the Provincial Custody of Our Lady of Coromoto...
A Franciscan Chapter Celebrated in an “Eminently Franciscan Atmosphere”
On February 7-8, 2026, the 11th Elective Chapter of the National Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) of Uruguay was conducted at the...
The Philippines: 10th Ordinary Custodial Chapter – Part I
On February 3-6, 2026, the Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception and Bl. Bonaventure of Potenza in the Philippines conducted the first part of...
Santa Dorotea in Trastevere: A Testimony of Faith and Hope
On February 3-6, 2026, the Parish Church of Santa Dorotea in Trastevere celebrated the triduum and the liturgical feast honoring St. Dorotea, virgin...
Film: A Franciscan in Chains
On June 7, 2025, a documentary film entitled A Franciscan in Chains: Anton Demeter, the Priest Without Legs, premiered at the Ateneu Cinema in...