Tag: Ministro generale

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...

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.

Dear Brothers:                 It is Easter, when Christ breaks the chains of death and rises triumphant from the grave (cf. Exultet). It is the Passover...

Here are the greetings of the Minister General, Friar Carlos A. TROVARELLI, to all the friars, sent from Munyonyo, Uganda.   Friar Carlos was in...

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...

Brothers, Peace and All Good! I am sending you a very brief greeting for Christmas, that is, the day of the coming of the Lord. He is...

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...

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...

Dear brothers, I offer each of you my greetings on this solemnity and as I begin this letter, I hope that your celebration will...

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...