Tag: Minister General
Japan: Ordinary Provincial Chapter – Part II
On January 25-29, 2021, the Province of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. in Japan celebrated the second part of its Ordinary Provincial Chapter....
25th Anniversary of Religious Profession of Brother Rogério PEREIRA XAVIER
On February 20, 2021, Brother Rogério PEREIRA XAVIER, Assistant General for the Federación América Latina Conventuales (FALC), celebrated the 25th anniversary of his first...
A Message of the Minister General for Lent 2021
Prot. N. 101/2021
Tokyo, February 5, 2021
“Oh, that today you would hear his voice,
harden not your hearts...”
(Heb 3:7-8; cf. Ps 95:7-8)
Toward Communal Holiness,
Namely, Opposing the...
Letter of the Minister General on the Occasion of the Episcopal Ordination of Friar Mauro...
Dear Friar Mauro,
Brother Bishop and Cardinal,
On October 25, 2002, at the end of the Angelus, Pope Francis announced your nomination as cardinal to the...
A message from the Minister General, Friar Carlos A. TROVARELLI, OFM Conv.
during this time of pandemic
October 17, 2020
Dear brothers, Peace and All Good!
https://youtu.be/ldonn-slBbU
I am greeting you from Seoul, South Korea, where I have been under...
Minister General: Greeting and Reflection on the Solemnity of St. Francis...
Dear brothers, I offer each of you my greetings on this solemnity and as I begin this letter, I hope that your celebration will...
General Executive Decree on the Sabbatical Period
Rome, July 14, 2020
Subject: Sabbatical Period - General Norms (see Constitutions, art. 181, §§ 1-2)
Dear brothers,
Peace be with you!
The 2018 Extraordinary General Chapter in...
Poland: Minister General Visits Starvation Cell of St. Maximilian Kolbe
On July 7, 2020, the Minister General, Friar Carlos A. TROVARELLI, visited the Nazi concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was accompanied by...
Spain: Ordinary Provincial Chapter
On July 1-9, 2020, the Province of Our Lady of Monserrat in Spain celebrated its Ordinary Provincial Chapter. The Chapter was held at the...
Holy Restlessness
L'Osservatore Romano just published an article by Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, the 120th Minister General of the Conventual Franciscans (cf. issue 133, June 12-13, 2020)....
Greeting of the Minister General on the Solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi, 2023
One day the Gospel was being read in that church about how the Lord sent out his disciples to preach. The holy man...
Southern Italy: Postulancy Year Begins
On September 25, 2023, six men received the Tau Cross as they began their first year of postulancy. The ceremony took place in the...
Cres: 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Archbishop Vitale Antonio BOMMARCO
On Sunday, September 24, 2023, during the 9:30 a.m. Mass, the St. Francis Friary in Cres, Croatia, commemorated what would have been the 100th...
Assisi: Continuing Formation for Friars of Croatia
On September 18-22, 2023, on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the Later Rule, some friars from the Province of St. Jerome in...
Croatia: 2023-24 Postulancy Program Begins
On Monday, September 25, 2023, four men began their religious formation with the Province of St. Jerome in Croatia. Three of the candidates entered...