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Poland: 10th International Christmas Carol Festival in Kalwaria Pacławska

On Sunday, January 26, 2025, the two-day International Christmas Carol Festival concluded in Kalwaria Pacławska. Seventy-five out of 125 performers qualified for the competition. Amateur...

Interview with Friar Carlos A. TROVARELLI on the 2023-2026 Franciscan Centenaries

On January 11, 2025, the inauguration of the 800th anniversary of the composition of the Canticle of the Creatures took place in Assisi, marked...

Visit of the Minister General and the FIMP Assistant General to...

From the evening of December 5 to the morning of December 6, 2024, the Minister General, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, and the Assistant General for...

Pre-Chapter Assembly of the Italian Provinces of Abruzzo-Molise and Puglia

From Tuesday, December 3, to Thursday, December 5, 2024, the Provinces of St. Bernardine and St. Angelo in Italy (Abruzzo-Molise) and St. Nicholas and...

Russia: Fraternal Visit of the Minister General

On November 18-29, 2024, the Minister General, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, made a fraternal visit to the Russian General Custody of St. Francis of Assisi....

Letter of the Minister General to the Entire Order on the...

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.

Fraternal Visit of the Minister General to the Friaries of Sardinia

Historical Note:  The Franciscan presence on the island of Sardinia dates back to 1230, as reported by an early historical document that says the friars...

Rome: Meeting of the Minister General with the Novices of the...

On Saturday, August 24, 2024, the Novices of the Secular Franciscan Fraternity of the Risen One spent a day of formation and fraternity with...

Letter of the Minister General on the 20th Anniversary of the...

Rome, July 14, 2024  Dear confreres, On July 14, 2004, the first General Custos in Russia, Friar Gregory CIOROCH, lost his life in Belarus while returning...

Letter from the Minister General on the Death of Friar Gianfranco...

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.
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Frascati: General Definitory Goes on Retreat

On April 7-12, 2025, for the second consecutive year, the General Definitory conducted its annual spiritual retreat at the Capuchin friary in Frascati, Italy. Sister...
“Laudato sie: natura e scienza”

Assisi: Inauguration of the Exhibition “Laudato sie! Nature and Learning”

In commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the composition of the Canticle of the Creatures, the oldest existing manuscript of this text is now...

Assisi: The Franciscan Message Goes Mobile

On this 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi composing the Canticle of the Creatures, the Sacred Convent community has chosen to embark on...
“Patericul Franciscan”

Romania: Presentation of the Book “Franciscan Patericon”

On Thursday, April 10, 2025, at 7:00 p.m., a new book by Friar Ștefan ACATRINEI, titled: Patericul Franciscan: I Fioretti di San Francesco ...
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Province of Mexico: Annual Spiritual Retreat

On March 24-28 and March 31 to April 4, 2025, the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico celebrated its annual spiritual retreat. Normally,...