Tag: Martyrs
Poland: Witnesses of Hope
On July 20-27, 2019, Friar Valerio FOLLI, OFM Conv., and Sister Renata FERRARI (Franciscan Sisters of St. Elizabeth) accompanied a group of young people...
Niepokalanów: Radio Interviews about Missions
On March 22, 2019, two days before Missionary Martyrs Day, the Radio Niepokalanów production staff recorded some radio interviews about missionary work with members...
Turkey: Missionary Martyrs’ Day
On March 24, the “Day of Prayer and Fasting in Memory of Missionary Martyrs” will be celebrated. This Day was established in 1993, as...
Postulator Visits Poland, Slovakia and Hungary
On March 7-11, 2019, the Postulator General of the Conventual Franciscans, Friar Damian PĂTRAȘCU, visited Poland Slovakia and Hungary at the invitation of the...
Slovakia: Commemoration of a Martyr
Eliáš IGLÓDY was born in 1621, in Kisrorzvagy, a small village neighboring Slovenske Nove Mesto on Slovakia’s southern border with Hungary.
Childhood and Path to...
Vatican: Upcoming Beatification for Conventual
The Secretariat of State of the Holy See has written to the Postulator General of the Friars Minor Conventual, informing him by letter No....
Warsaw: President of Poland Given Relics of Pariacoto Martyrs
The President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej DUDA, was given relics of Poland’s first blessed missionary martyrs, Friars Zbigniew STRZAŁKOWSKI and Michał TOMASZEK....
Poland: Music Album to Benefit Peace
The spokesman for the Conventual Franciscan Province in Cracow, Poland, reports there is a new and interesting musical initiative in Poland.
The band "Jaspis" has...
A Month of Commemorating Martyrs
“Migrants and Refugees—Men and Women in Search of Peace” (Pope Francis, World Day of Peace, 2018).
On March 24, 2018, inspired by the message above,...
Prayer for Missionary Martyrs
On Saturday, March 24, 2018, the Church celebrated a day of commemoration and prayer for contemporary missionary martyrs. This is a special day in...
Brazil: Funeral of Bishop Janusz Marian DANECKI
Friar Janusz Marian DANECKI was born on September 8, 1951, in Sochaczew, Poland. He died on August 30, 2024, due to a surgical procedure...
Friar Roberto GENUIN Reelected Capuchin Minister General
On September 3, 2024, the General Chapter of the Capuchin Franciscan Order reelected Friar Roberto GENUIN as Minister General.
At 9:30 a.m., all of the...
Friar Contributes to New Graphic Biography of Servant of God Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day: Radical Devotion introduces readers to the amazing life of Dorothy Day, reviews her impact on the church and peace and justice movements,...
South Korea: 2024 Pre-Chapter Assembly
On August 26-31, 2024, the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in South Korea celebrated its Pre-Chapter Assembly. The event took place at the...
Niepokalanów Lasek: Summer Retreat for Children and Youth
From July 29 to August 24, 2024, a summer retreat for children and youth was conducted at the friary in Niepokalanów Lasek, Poland, a...