Tag: novices
Ghana: Fifteen Novices Vested at St. Francis of Assisi Novitiate
On July 10, 2026, fifteen novices were vested in the habit of the Order at the St. Francis of Assisi Friary and Novitiate in...
USA: Six Novices Vested in Arroyo Grande
On July 4, 2026, six new novices from the Conventual Franciscan Federation (CFF) were vested in the habit of the Order and officially began...
Poland: First Profession and Vesting of Novices in Smardzewice
September 6, 2025, was a special day, not only for our Franciscan family, but also for the entire Church community in Smardzewice, where, for...
Vietnam: The Canticle of the Creatures – A Supportive Tool on...
On June 12-19, 2025, the General Spiritual Assistant for the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS), Friar Stefan ACATRINEI, OFM Conv., visited Vietnam. The postulants and...
Poland: The Mystery of the Lord’s Passion in Smardzewice
On Saturday, March 15, 2025, the first performance of The Mystery of the Lord’s Passion took place at the Shrine of St. Anna in...
Mission Center Meets with Novices of Assisi
On October 29, 2024, the Franciscan Mission Center in Rome held a meeting with the novices of the Sacred Convent in Assisi, as part...
Mexico: Simple Profession and Vesting of New Novices
On July 12, 2024, the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico experienced great joy as its novices concluded their novitiate year and...
Assisi and Padua: Novices of Croatia Begin Year of Probation
Due to the number of candidates, the Province of St. Jerome in Croatia sent three of its novices to the Sacred Convent of Assisi...
Zambia: New Novices Vested
On Wednesday, August 2, 2023, the Feast of Our Lady of the Angels―Portiuncula, nine postulants were vested in the Conventual Franciscan habit and began...
Vietnam: Emmaus Journey of the Novices
During the journey to Emmaus, the two disciples recognized Jesus as he broke the bread and gave it to them. Then they immediately returned...
Project No. 19/2026 – Installation of a Solar Energy System
Project No. 19/2026 –
Installation of a Solar Energy System, Batteries, and a Solar Thermal System
(Bucharest, Romania)
The Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M....
Project No. 09/2025 – Completing the Construction of a Hall
Project No. 09/2025 –
Completing the Construction of a Hall, Two Classrooms, and Offices
(Lusaka, Zambia)
The Province of the Franciscan Protomartyrs in Zambia of the Order...
Project No. 24/2026 – Purchase of an Embroidery Machine
Project No. 24/2026 –
Purchase of an Embroidery Machine
for Vocational Training in Ndola, Zambia
Province of the Franciscan Protomartyrs in Zambia of the Order of Friars...
The M.I. in Paraguay Today!
From August 18 to 24, 2026, Mariela CÉSPEDES, National President of the Militia of the Immaculata (M.I.) of Bolivia, and I went on a...
Tanzania: 16 Friars Make First Profession of Vows
On August 2, 2026, the feast of Our Lady, Queen of Angels, the Conventual Franciscan friars in Tanzania joyfully celebrated as sixteen confreres made...