Tag: Francia
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...
Czech Republic: Friar Oldřich PRACHAŘ Celebrates 90th Birthday
On Monday, July 6, 2026, many friars from the Province of Saints Cyril and Methodius in the Czech Republic gathered in Prague to thank...
“Called… What About You?”: Franciscan Vocation Camp in Fátima
On July 3-5, 2026, two youth and vocation ministers from the Delegation in Portugal, Friars José Carlos CERDEIRA MATIAS and Andrea SCALVINI, organized a...
Japan: Blessing of the New Friary in Nigawa
In March of 2023, the Friary of the B.V.M., Mediatrix of Graces in Nigawa, Japan, founded in 1949, was tragically destroyed in a fire....
USA: Six Novices Vested in Arroyo Grande
On July 4, 2026, six new novices from the Conventual Franciscan Federation (CFF) were vested in the habit of the Order and officially began...
Ghana: Ordinary Custodial Chapter of the Provincial Custody of St. Anthony of Padua –...
From June 29 to July 3, 2026, the Provincial Custody of St. Anthony of Padua in Ghana held the first part of its Ordinary...