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Here I am, writing to offer you my warmest wishes on the feast of our Seraphic Father St. Francis of Assisi. I made the decision to write to you with some trepidation because a few months ago, when the other Ministers General and I prepared and sent out the guidelines for celebrating the Franciscan centenaries, I had resolved to hold off writing more letters to the Order; I didn’t want them to overlap with the abundant stimuli and initiatives connected with the aforementioned centenaries.

On June 24th of this year, I was saddened to hear the news of the death of our confrere Archbishop Gianfranco Agostino GARDIN, former Minister General and member of the Italian Province of St. Anthony of Padua (Northern Italy). He led our Order with fraternal wisdom and foresight from 1995 to 2001, before being consecrated a bishop (August 26, 2006) and taking on the role of Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Finally, he passionately served the Church in Treviso, Italy, as a diocesan bishop from 2009 to 2019.

Prot. N. 101/2021 Tokyo, February 5, 2021 “Oh, that today you would hear his voice, harden not your hearts...” (Heb 3:7-8; cf. Ps 95:7-8)   Toward Communal Holiness, Namely, Opposing the...

To all the Friars of the First Order on the happy occasion of the eight hundredth anniversary of the Earlier Rule; we Ministers General...

Rome, July 14, 2020 Subject: Sabbatical Period - General Norms (see Constitutions, art. 181, §§ 1-2) Dear brothers, Peace be with you! The 2018 Extraordinary General Chapter in...

Greeting to the Friars on the Solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi Dear brothers, on this solemnity I wish to send my heartfelt best wishes...