Tag: Northern Italy
Italy-Northern: Ordinary Provincial Chapter-Part II
On April 21-25, 2025, the Italian Province of St. Anthony of Padua (Northern Italy) conducted the second part of its Ordinary Provincial Chapter. The...
In Memory of Friar Celestino PEDON University Professor at LUISS and...
On March 9, 2025, the thirtieth-day memorial Mass for Friar Arrigo Celestino PEDON was held at the Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles in...
Northern Italy: Ordinary Provincial Chapter-Part I
On February 17-26, 2025, the Italian Province of St. Anthony of Padua (Northern Italy) celebrated the first part of its Ordinary Provincial Chapter. The...
Born Three Times
Despite two bereavements, a serious illness, and an accident that left him in a wheelchair, Friar Tullio PASTORELLI looks the world straight in the...
Italy: Seal of the City of Padua Awarded
On Monday, December 16, 2024, at 5:00 p.m., the Municipality of Padua and the “Padova e il suo territorio” Association conducted a ceremony...
Brescia: “Places of the Heart” National Census
The friars of the Italian Province of St. Anthony of Padua (Northern Italy) who currently live at the splendid San Francesco d’Assisi Church in...
Bologna: We and the Rule: In Dialogue with Brother Francis Eight...
On November 29, 2023, the Basilica of San Francesco in Bologna, Italy, hosted a public reading of the Later Rule in commemoration of the...
Padre Albino VAROTTI International Musicology Prize
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Friar Albino VAROTTI, OFM Conv., (1925-2005), the Padre Giambattista MARTINI Music Department of the...
Brescia: Meeting of Postulants from Spain, France and Italy
On January 23-25, 2023, Conventual Franciscan postulants from Spain, France and Italy met in Brescia, Italy, to spend some time of sharing their experiences...
Brescia: Priestly and Diaconal Ordinations
On Saturday, December 17,2022, Friar Andrea CALABRIA was ordained to the priesthood and Friars Gracianta Amor GINTING and Adri Egiya SITEPU were ordained to...
The Philippines: Inter-Obediential Missionary Course for Franciscans in Asia Begins
Dear Friars, Poor Clare Sisters, and Friends of the Franciscan Missions, we are pleased to announce that the 2026 Inter-Obediential Missionary Course for Franciscans...
Brazil: 23rd Anniversary of the Canonical Erection of the Province of St. Maximilian M....
On Monday, June 1, 2026, the Basilica and Shrine of São Francisco de Assis in Brasília hosted a Mass to commemorate the Decree of...
Spirit of Assisi in Werdohl
On May 25, 2026, a jubilee year celebration in the form of a prayer service marking ecumenical cooperation in the region was held in...
Poland: Silver Jubilee of Priesthood
In early June of 2026, Friars Witold ADAMCZYK of Rock Island, Illinois, USA, Grzegorz BARCIK of Legnica, Poland, Łukasz BRACHACZEK of Cracow, Poland, Dariusz...
Vietnam: Canonical Visitation to the Custody of St. Francis Anthony Fasani
During May 2-23, 2026, the Provincial Custody of St. Francis Anthony Fasani in Vietnam was pleased to host Friar Giuseppe Myoungjin PARK, the Assistant...