Tag: Martyrs
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...
Poland: Blessed Martyrs of Pariacoto Return to Novitiate
After more than forty years, the Blessed Conventual Franciscan missionaries known as the Martyrs of Pariacoto returned to their novitiate in the form of...
Chimbote: Blessing of the Church Named after the Martyrs of Peru
On January 22, 2023, the first church in the world named after the Blessed Martyrs, Friars Zbigniew STRZAŁKOWSKI and Michał TOMASZEK, was blessed. The...
Friar Jan HRUSZOWIEC Receives a Challenge Coin
Friar Jan HRUSZOWIEC, of the Province of St. Anthony and Bl. James of Strepar in Poland (Cracow) and Promoter of the cult of the...
The Missionary Charism of St. Francis in the Light of the...
Every believer, wishing to be faithful to the Gospel, may be called to the “supreme witness of martyrdom”
Franciscan Martyrs in the Borderland
On Monday, August 9, 2022, relics of the Conventual Franciscan martyrs, Blessed Michał TOMASZEK and Zbigniew STRZAŁKOWSKI (Martyrs of Pariacoto, Peru), as well as...
Commemoration of the Blessed Martyrs of Pariacoto in the “Polonia” Park...
On August 05, 2021, in the "Polonia" Park in Lima, the commemoration of our Missionary Martyrs Friar Michał TOMASZEK and Friar Zbigniew STRZAŁKOWSKI was...
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...