Tag: Northern Italy
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...
Bologna: “Artes” Magazine of Art, Literature and Music
The first issue of “Artes,” a magazine about art, literature and music, was published online few days ago. The magazine is produced by the...
My Memories of Pope Francis
Speaking from the depths of my heart, I wish to honor Jorge Mario BERGOGLIO who became Pope Francis by means of a conclave and...
Rome: A Visit from Friar Pilgrims from the Custody of France-Belgium
On April 22, 2025, a group of solemnly professed friars from the Provincial Custody of St. Bonaventure in France-Belgium visited the General Curia at...
In memory of the Holy Father Pope Francis
Cari fratelli e sorelle, Pace e bene a tutti i fratelli e le sorelle della Famiglia Francescana!
Nel momento in cui il nostro amato Papa Francesco ci ha lasciato, sentiamo l'urgenza di riflettere sul significato profondo che la sua presenza ha avuto per noi, figli e figlie di San Francesco d'Assisi. Non è stato casuale che Jorge Mario Bergoglio abbia scelto il nome del Poverello d'Assisi per il suo pontificato: questa scelta rivelava già dall'inizio un programma di vita e di missione che ha seguito con coerenza fino alla fine dei suoi giorni.
Pope Francis Has Returned to the House of the Father
Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis. At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of His Church. He taught us to live the values of the Gospel with fidelity, courage, and universal love, especially in favor of the poorest and most marginalized. With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite merciful love of the One and Triune God.
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...