Tag: Ministro generale
Easter Greetings from the Minister General
Dear Brothers:
It is Easter, when Christ breaks the chains of death and rises triumphant from the grave (cf. Exultet). It is the Passover...
Christmas greetings from the Minister General
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...
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...
Letter of the Minister General on the Occasion of the Episcopal...
Dear brothers,
May the peace of the Lord be with you!
I am sending this brief message to you on the day that our beloved Friar...
Motion No. 9 of the 202nd Ordinary General Chapter of 2019...
Dear brothers,
Peace and All Good!
As the General Definitory, we take our commitment to complete the “Chapter Mandate” as seriously as possible, that is, to...
From the Minister General to All the Friars of the Order
Greeting to the Friars on the Solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi
Dear brothers, on this solemnity I wish to send my heartfelt best wishes...
India: St. Bonaventure Franciscan Ashram
A long awaited dream of the Province of St. Maximilian Kolbe in India has finally become a reality. On Sunday, August 25, 2019, the...
Friar Carlos Alberto TROVARELLI – the new Minister General
On May 25, 2019, the Ordinary General Chapter of the Friars Minor Conventual elected Friar Carlos Alberto TROVARELLI as the new Minister General of...
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...
Rome: Feast Day at the Seraphicum
St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio was the focal point of a celebration held Thursday, March 14, 2019, at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of St. Bonaventure...
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...