Tag: Germany
Germany: Franciscan Youth Pilgrimage
For over thirty years, on the feast of St. Francis, the Franciscan Youth of Germany has organized a gathering of youth and young adults...
Germany: The Challenge of Cultural Heritage
On September 16, 2024, about twenty friars from Würzburg, Schönau, Schwarzenberg and Cologne (Germany) took part in a formation course organized by the Province...
Walldürn: More than 2000 Pilgrims Visit Eucharistic Miracle Site
On September 18-22, 2024, more than two thousand pilgrims visited the site of the Eucharistic Miracle in Walldürn, Germany, where a corporal stained with...
Germany: Stigmata of St. Francis
On September 17, 2024, the Franciscan Sisters of Oberzell and the friars of Würzburg held a study day on the occasion of the 800th...
Praise for Pastoral Ministry In Würzburg
In 2014, the Capuchins left their friary in Würzburg. For many generations, they had been in charge of pastoral ministry at the “Käppele,” a...
The Church is Youthful!
The International Pilgrimage of Altar Servers has been regularly gathering in Rome since 1960. The pilgrimage is organized by the Coetus Internationales Ministrantium and...
Germany: Thirty Years of Pilgrimages
Over the last few centuries, the faithful have conducted the great pilgrimage from Würzburg to Kloster Kreuzberg in Bischofsheim an der Rhön, Germany, on...
Religious Life in Germany: A Colorful Community
On May 12-15, 2024, the German Conference of the Superiors of Men’s and Women’s Religious Orders (In German: Deutsche Ordensobernkonferenz or DOK) conducted a...
Continuing Formation in Germany
In small Provinces it is increasingly difficult to offer the friars a good formation program. Some friars can no longer participate due to age....
Germany: The Church Going Forth – A Mass for Bikers
Pope Francis often invites the Church, and religious families, to go forth to the peripheries in order to reach out to those who live...
Rome: Friar Dominique J. MATHIEU to Be Made New Cardinal
During the Angelus on Sunday, October 6, 2024, Pope Francis announced the creation of twenty-one new cardinals for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception...
Rome: Twelve Holy Apostles Celebrates Solemnity of St. Francis
On Friday, October 4, 2024, the Minister General, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, presided over the Mass celebrating the Patron Saint of Italy, St. Francis of...
Poland-Cracow: A Solemn “Yes” for a Lifetime
On October 4, 2024, the Solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi, Friars Miłosz MĘŻYK and Jakub SZCZEPANEK, of the Province of St. Anthony and...
The Franciscan Family Celebrates 800 Years in England
On September 10, 2024, gathering on the pebbled beach just below the white cliffs of Dover, the Franciscan Family began their celebrations of the...
Diocese of Rome Presents Mission Exhibition
On October 2, 2024, an exhibition to mark the opening of World Mission Month – October 2024, was inaugurated by the Most Reverend Baldo...