Tag: France
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...
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...
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....
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),...
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...