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...
Carini: Meeting of the Secretaries and General Delegates for Mission Animation of the Franciscan...
On October 6–7, 2026, the General Secretaries and Delegates for Mission Animation of the four Franciscan Orders—the Order of Friars Minor, the Order of...
Palermo: Mission and Evangelization in the Footsteps of St. Francis
From October 2 to 4, 2026, the second annual Festival delle Genti, titled Come fuoco ardente (Like a Blazing Fire), took place in Palermo’s...
800th Anniversary of the Transitus: St. Francis Takes to the Streets of Poznań
On Saturday, October 3, 2026, the Conventual Franciscans and the Friars Minor left their churches and led a procession through the streets of Poznań,...
South Korea: Academic Symposium for the 800th Anniversary of the Transitus of St. Francis
On October 2 and 5, 2026, the friars of the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in South Korea organized an academic symposium to...
Czech Republic: Celebrations for the 800th Anniversary of the Transitus of St. Francis
From October 2 to 4, 2026, the Conventual Franciscan friars of the Czech Republic, together with the entire Franciscan Family, commemorated the 800th anniversary...