Tag: Italy-Sicily
Unification of Sicily and Calabria: New Italian Province of the Immaculate...
The Story of a Dream That Continues to Evolve
On December 13, 2023, the Feast of St. Lucy, an official proclamation was made announcing the...
Sicily-Calabria: Solemn Profession
On Saturday, October 28, 2023, Friar Carmelo MARIA professed his solemn vows into the hands of the Minister Provincial of the Province of St....
Sicily: Solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi 2023
On October 4, 2023, His Eminence, Cardinal Mauro GAMBETTI presided over the celebrations for the Solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi, our founder. The...
Southern Italy: Postulancy Year Begins
On September 25, 2023, six men received the Tau Cross as they began their first year of postulancy. The ceremony took place in the...
Unification of the Province of Sicily and the Custody of Calabria
On August 28-29, 2023, the friars of the Provincial Custody of St. Daniel and Companion Martyrs in Italy (Calabria) celebrated their Ordinary Chapter. The...
Sicily: 2023 Spiritual Retreat
On July 24-29, 2023, the friars of the Province of St. Agatha and St. Lucy in Italy (Sicily) along with some religious from other...
Sicily: What Joy When They Told Me…We Will Go to Jerusalem...
On July 17-22, 2023, a second biblical studies week was conducted, another step in preparation for a 2025 pilgrimage to Jerusalem, the Holy City....
Youth of Sicily for Care of Creation
On July 31, 2023, the young members of the Laudato Si’ Circle, part of the Franciscan Youth Movement, repeated an event in Marineo (Palermo)...
Sicily: Dedication of the Diocesan Madonna delle Grazie Shrine
On Saturday, July 1, 2023, the eve of the Feast of Our Lady of Graces, the Most Reverend Alessandro DAMIANO, Archbishop of Agrigento, Italy,...
Sicily: Franciscan Studies Weekend
On May 20-21, 2023, the Commission for Formation, Evangelization and Promotion of Franciscan Spirituality and Culture (COFEP) of the Province of St. Agatha and...
New Fraternus Nuntius 3/2025
The third issue of Fraternus Nuntius for 2025, covering July, August, and September, is now online. The cover, marked by the contrast between the...
Kolbe Center in Carini Hosts Meditation Course on Buddhist Spirituality
On October 23-25, 2025, an unusual and original meditation course took place at the Kolbe Center in Carini, Italy. The course was conducted in...
La Vigna: Visit to the Catacombs of Domitilla
On Sunday, November 2, 2025, the day on which the whole Church remembers and prays for the faithful departed, the friars of the Friary...
The Phenomenon That Is the Servant of God Wenanty KATARZYNIEC
On November 9, 2025, the feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, we will commemorate, for the first time, various local witnesses of...
Definitors Meet Jointly in Istanbul: Fraternity and Mission
On October 26-31, 2025, the Definitors of the Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. in Romania, the Definitors of the Custody of...