Tag: Japan
Japan: Blessing of the New Friary in Nigawa
In March of 2023, the Friary of the B.V.M., Mediatrix of Graces in Nigawa, Japan, founded in 1949, was tragically destroyed in a fire....
Japan: Friar Gabriel Professes Solemn Vows
On March 25, 2026, Friar Gabriel Akira FUJIEDA professed his solemn vows. The ceremony took place at the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. Friary...
Japan: 2025 Provincial Assembly
On November 20-22, 2025, the Province of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. in Japan conducted its annual Provincial Assembly. The event took place...
Japan: Ordinary Provincial Chapter-Part II
On January 27-31, 2025, the Province of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. in Japan celebrated the second part of its 17th Ordinary Provincial...
Japan: Priestly ordination
On March 21, 2023, two friars from the Province of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. in Japan were ordained to the priesthood. The...
Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – IX
Province of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. in Japan
Mother Province: Province of the Immaculate Mother of God in Poland (Warsaw)
On April 24, 1930,...
Japan: Fire at Friary in Nigawa
On Monday, March 6, 2023, a fire destroyed the friary in Nigawa District, Japan. Fortunately, none of the three friars living there were injured.
The...
Japan: Seibo no Kishi Magazine Publishes 1000ᵗʰ Issue
The Seibo no Kishi Magazine, published by the Conventual Franciscans in Japan, has printed its thousandth issue. The magazine was founded by St. Maximilian...
Japan: In Memory of Brother Thomas Koichi TAGAWA
On Friday, April 16, 2021, our confrere Brother Thomas Koichi TAGAWA returned to the house of the Father at the age of 93. Brother...
Japan: Ordinary Provincial Chapter – Part II
On January 25-29, 2021, the Province of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. in Japan celebrated the second part of its Ordinary Provincial Chapter....
Nine Around One: A Novena of Companions for the Eighth Centenary of the Transitus
From September 25 to October 3, 2026, a novena has been proposed: nine evenings of prayer culminating on the night Francis died, eight hundred...
Project No. 41/2026 – Humanitarian Emergency Following the Earthquake in Colombia
Project No. 41/2026 –
Humanitarian Emergency Following the Earthquake
in Colombia
The Provincial Custody of St. Francis of Assisi in Colombia of the Order of Friars Minor...
Hălăucești: Jubilee Celebrating 25 Years of Consecrated Life
On Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Hălăucești, Romania, eight of the thirty-four friars...
Project No. 32/2026 – Replacement of the Cold Storage Units at the Soup Kitchen
Project No. 32/2026 –
Replacement of the Cold Storage Units at the Soup Kitchen
of the St. Anthony of Padua House (Zagreb, Croatia)
The Province of St....
Project No. 44/2025 – Drilling a Well for the Twikatane Ndola Vocational Training Center
Project No. 44/2025
Drilling a Well for the Twikatane Ndola Vocational Training Center
(Ndola, Zambia)
The Conventual Franciscan Province of the Franciscan Protomartyrs in Zambia has proposed...