Tag: Franciscan Centenary
Interview with Friar Carlos A. TROVARELLI on the 2023-2026 Franciscan Centenaries
On January 11, 2025, the inauguration of the 800th anniversary of the composition of the Canticle of the Creatures took place in Assisi, marked...
Opening of the 8ᵗʰ Centenary of the Canticle of the Creatures...
The official launch of the 800th anniversary of St. Francis composing the Canticle of the Creatures (also known as the Canticle of Brother Sun)...
Poland – Poznań: Inauguration of the 800ᵗʰ Anniversary of the Canticle...
On January 5, 2025, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Miracles in Poznań became the center of some spiritual experiences related to the...
Assisi: Online Broadcast and Downloadable Pamphlets for the Opening of the...
The opening celebration for the 800th anniversary of St. Francis composing the Canticle of the Creatures will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday,...
The Franciscan Family of Italy with BRANDUARDI on the 800ᵗʰ Anniversary...
The year 2025 will be a year of grace for us Franciscans, marking the 800th Anniversary of the composition of the Canticle of the...
Poland: “Franciscus alter Christus” Symposium
Eight hundred years ago, St. Francis of Assisi received the stigmata. To mark this event, on Saturday, November 16, 2024, the Franciscan Academic Society...
Testimony: Pilgrimage of the Relic of St. Francis in Poland
The Lord gave me an opportunity to spend a few days in Poland where, at the invitation of the friars there, I brought a...
800ᵗʰ Anniversary of the Stigmata Celebrated in Poland
On October 25-26, 2024, members of all three families of the Franciscan First Order in Poland―the Friars Minor, Friars Minor Conventual and Friars Minor...
Guatemala: Celebrations during the Jubilee Year of the Stigmata
From September 14 to October 5, 2024, celebrations during the jubilee year of St. Francis receiving the stigmata were celebrated in the rectory of...
Zagreb-Croatia: Celebration of Franciscan Jubilees
On October 10-11, 2024, an event to celebrate the 800th anniversaries of the Franciscan Centenary was held in Zagreb, Croatia. The theme of the...
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...