Tag: Lebanon
Lebanon: Friar Khalil EL KHOURY Ordained a Deacon
On the evening of December 16, 2023, the friars of the Provincial Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land joyfully witnessed the diaconal...
Zahlé, Lebanon: Ordination to the Diaconate
On Sunday, September 19, 2021, Friar Nicolas ABOU ANNY, from the Provincial Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land, was ordained to the...
Lebanon: Visit of the Minister General
After his visit to the Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. in Romania, the Minister General, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, arrived in the...
Lebanon: The Other Is My Brother
In the Earlier Rule (IX FF32), St. Francis of Assisi tells us: “Let each one confidently make known his need to another that the...
Zahle, Lebanon: Profession of Solemn Vows during the Solemnity of St....
On Saturday, October 3, 2020, the eve of the solemnity of the Seraphic Father St. Francis, Friars Khalil EL KHOURY and Nicolas ABOU ANNY,...
Lebanon: Franciscan Youth, Friars Rally to Clean Up Destruction from Beirut...
Days after a massive explosion killed 158 and injured thousands in Beirut, Lebanon, young people and friars from the city’s Conventual Franciscan parish were...
Lebanon: Spiritual Retreat
On September 16-21, 2019, the Provincial Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land carried out a spiritual retreat in Kobayat, Lebanon. The retreat...
Lebanon: Formation for Guardians
On May 1-3, 2019, the Guardians and Vicars of the friaries of the Provincial Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land met in...
Turkey-Lebanon: Presentation on the New Constitutions
Friar Timothy KULBICKI, the Secretary of the International Commission for the Revision of the Constitutions (CIRC) visited the friars of the Provincial Custody of...
Lebanon: Franciscan Family Retreat
On Saturday, February 16, 2019, friars and sisters of the nine Franciscan families of Lebanon gathered together for a day of spiritual retreat. This...
Fraternus Nuntius: First Issue of 2024
The first issue of Fraternus Nuntius for 2024 is now available. The newsletter contains documents and news articles covering January through March, 2024.
The opening...
Conventual Franciscan Presences around the World (V)
Provincial Delegation in Belarus
Mother Province: Province of the Immaculate Mother of God in Poland (Warsaw)
Franciscans have been present in Belarus since the 14th century....
Brazil: Joint Definitory Meeting
On April 23, 2024, the Definitors of the Province of St. Francis in Brazil and the Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception of the...
Brazil: Diaconal Ordinations
On Saturday, April 20, 2024, at 10:30 a.m., two friars from the Province of St. Francis in Brazil were ordained to the diaconate. The...
European Conferences of Religious Orders
The Union of European Conferences of Major Superiors (UCESM) comprises thirty-eight national Conferences representing the Major Superiors of apostolic Religious Institutes from twenty-eight European...