Tag: Martyrs
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...
South Korea: 61st Vocation Sunday Event
On Sunday, April 21, 2024, friars from five different friaries, including some friars in formation at the local seminary, participated in the 61st Vocation...
Poland-Cracow: Ordinary Provincial Chapter, Part 1
On April 15-19, 2024, the Province of St. Anthony and Bl. James of Strepar in Poland (Cracow) celebrated the first part of its Ordinary...
Russia: Dedication of the Church in Ozërsk
On Saturday, April 13, 2024, the Conventual Franciscan friars in Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, dedicated the Parish Church of the Annunciation of the Lord...
Karşıyaka – Izmir: Conventual Franciscans Return to the Parish of St. Helena
Sunday, April 14, 2024, was a day of great significance for the faithful in the Karşıyaka District of Izmir, Turkey. It was the day...
Sicily-Calabria: Fraternal Assembly
On April 15-16, 2024, the friars of the Italian Province of the Immaculate Conception (Sicily-Calabria) conducted a Fraternal Assembly under the title: “For a...