Tag: Italy-Assisi
Mission Center Meets with Novices of Assisi
On October 29, 2024, the Franciscan Mission Center in Rome held a meeting with the novices of the Sacred Convent in Assisi, as part...
Assisi: G7 on Inclusion and Disability
At the proposal of the Italian government, the inaugural event of the G7 on Inclusion and Disability took place on the afternoon of October...
Assisi: Basilica of St. Francis Made Accessible to the Blind and...
This initiative was launched in conjunction with the opening of the G7 Inclusion and Disability Summit on October 14, 2024.
The Basilica of St. Francis...
Franciscanism Speaks to Issues of AI, Human Rights, and the Economy
During the last week of August of 2024, Friar Michael LASKY participated in the “PreCorsi Assisi,” a summer school for university students that was...
Assisi: 2024 Cortile di Francesco
During September 8-22, 2024, the annual cultural symposium Cortile di Francesco took place at the Sacred Convent in Assisi.
The event included several meetings...
Assisi: Corda Pia, Spiritual Concert
In 1224, at some time around the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, while he was on retreat atop Mount La Verna with...
Assisi: Conventual Franciscans Can Still Foster Culture
The 5th Annual “Percorsi Assisi” Summer School has just ended. It took place from August 24 to September 1, 2024. This initiative was...
Rivotorto: 2024 FIMP Second Novitiate Experience
From July 21 to August 18, 2024, the Federazione Intermediterranea Ministri Provinciali (FIMP) conducted a second novitiate experience in Rivotorto (Assisi). Nine friars participated...
Assisi: Photo Exhibition on the Chartula of St. Francis
On August 1, 2024, a photographic exhibition on the autograph chartula of St. Francis was inaugurated at the Sacred Convent in Assisi. The exhibition...
Peace and Justice Pilgrimage to Assisi
On June 23-30, 2024, the Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service, and the Franciscan Action Network (FAN), facilitated a “Peace and Justice Pilgrimage” to Assisi,...