Tag: Martyrs
Poland: 100,000ᵗʰ Set of Rosary Beads Containing Relics of the Pariacoto...
On Monday, October 13, 2025, at 9:00 p.m., the Conventual Franciscan friars displayed their one hundred thousandth set of rosary beads containing relics of...
Honoring Our Roots: A Pilgrimage Celebrating the 25ᵗʰ Anniversary of the...
On August 16, 2025, the Franciscan Family and faithful from across Zambia’s Copperbelt region gathered at Bwana Mkubwa, the site of the first Conventual...
Peru: Week of Formation on the Blessed Martyrs
From August 19-24, 2024, some parish churches in the Campo Sur Deanery of the Diocese of Chimbote, Peru, conducted meetings and celebrations to raise...
Peru: Anniversary of the Martyrs of Pariacoto
On August 8 and 9, 2024, the anniversary of the martyrdom of Blessed Michał TOMASZEK and Zbigniew STRZAŁKOWSKI was celebrated in Pariacoto, Peru, as...
Exhibition on the Blessed Martyrs of Peru Unveiled at Kolbe Shrine...
On Saturday, July 13, 2024, an exhibition entitled: “The Blessed Martyrs of Peru and Father Kolbe” was unveiled at the Shrine of St. Maximilian...
Rome: Martyrs of Pariacoto Exhibition Opened
On July 3, 2024, an exhibition on Blessed Zbigniew STRZAŁKOWSKI and Blessed Michał TOMASZEK, Martyrs of Pariacoto, Peru, was opened at the Friary of...
Peru: Conventual Franciscan Martyrs Celebrated
On December 5, 2023, the world’s first church dedicated to the Blessed Martyrs Michał TOMASZEK and Zbigniew STRZAŁKOWSKI was consecrated at the Paz y...
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of...
On June 22, 2023, the martyred missionary friars Blessed Zbigniew STRZAŁKOWSKI and Blessed Michał TOMASZEK, both Conventual Franciscans from Poland, were posthumously awarded the...
Relics of Blessed Zbigniew and Michał in Vienna
On June 18, 2023, during the Sunday Mass, the relics of the Blessed Martyrs Zbigniew STRZAŁKOWSKI and Michał TOMASZEK, both friars from Poland, were...
Relics of Blessed Zbigniew and Michał Given to the Seraphicum in...
On the evening of June 20, 2023, relics of Blessed Zbigniew STRZAŁKOWSKI and Blessed Michał TOMASZEK, missionary martyrs of Pariacoto, Peru, were formally given...
“With the Heart, in the Name of Francis”: The Solidarity Telethon of the Friars...
On Friday, May 29, 2026, the 24rd annual “Con il Cuore, nel Nome di Francesco” solidarity concert/telethon returns. The event is organized by...
National OFS Fraternity of Lithuania: Formation Day
Wherever and whenever brothers and sisters gather, the words of the Psalmist: “How good and how pleasant it is” (Ps 133) become a lived...
Fraternal Meeting with the Friars of the AFCOF Federation and Presentation of the Spirit...
On May 5, 2026, Friar Sławomir KLEIN, the General Delegate for Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue (EDI), welcomed several friars from the African Federation of...
Project No. 30/2025 – Purchase of a Vehicle for the Medical-Educational Center
Project No. 30/2025 –
Purchase of a Vehicle for the Medical-Educational Center
in Chimbote, Peru
The Provincial Delegation in Peru, of the Province of St. Anthony and...
Ordinary Chapter of the Province of St. Bonaventure in the USA, Part I
From April 27 to May 1, 2026, the solemnly professed friars of the Province of St. Bonaventure in the USA (SB) met at the...