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...
Pope Francis Has Returned to the House of the Father
Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis. At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of His Church. He taught us to live the values of the Gospel with fidelity, courage, and universal love, especially in favor of the poorest and most marginalized. With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite merciful love of the One and Triune God.
Frascati: General Definitory Goes on Retreat
On April 7-12, 2025, for the second consecutive year, the General Definitory conducted its annual spiritual retreat at the Capuchin friary in Frascati, Italy.
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Assisi: Inauguration of the Exhibition “Laudato sie! Nature and Learning”
In commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the composition of the Canticle of the Creatures, the oldest existing manuscript of this text is now...
Assisi: The Franciscan Message Goes Mobile
On this 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi composing the Canticle of the Creatures, the Sacred Convent community has chosen to embark on...
Romania: Presentation of the Book “Franciscan Patericon”
On Thursday, April 10, 2025, at 7:00 p.m., a new book by Friar Ștefan ACATRINEI, titled: Patericul Franciscan: I Fioretti di San Francesco ...