Tag: novitiate
Assisi: 2026–2027 Novitiate Year Begins
On September 8, 2026, the 2026–2027 novitiate year officially began with the rite of welcome and vesting for six young men who have asked...
Beginning of the Novitiate Year in the Philippines
On March 18, 2026, the eve of the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, two young men were admitted to...
Ecuador: 2025–2026 Novitiate Year Begins
On July 17, 2025, the 2025–2026 canonical novitiate year began in a formation house of the Provincial Delegation in Ecuador in Tulcán, Ecuador. The...
Colombia: Beginning of the 2025-2026 FALC Novitiate
On January 14, 2025, the common novitiate of the Federación América Latina Conventuales (FALC) began its canonical year with the vesting of the new...
Sri Lanka: Seven Novices Enter Novitiate – A New Beginning
On September 9, 2024, at 6:30 a.m., during a solemn and joyous celebration, seven novices were officially accepted into the novitiate of the Mission...
Poland: Vesting and Profession of Novices
On the eve of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, September 7, 2024, fourteen confreres received the Conventual Franciscan habit, thus beginning their...
Brazil: 2024 Novitiate Year Begins
On February 17, 2024, at 4:00 p.m., the Conventual Franciscan Novitiate of St. Anthony in Cascavel, Brazil, began a new year. All of the...
Poland: 2023-24 Novitiate Year Begins
On September 5, 2023, after completing their year of religious formation as postulants, in Gniezno, Poland, seven candidates began their novitiate year in the...
Ghana: 2023 Novitiate Year Begins
On August 3, 2023, the Provincial Custody of St. Anthony of Padua in Ghana vested fifteen young men in the Conventual Franciscan habit thus...
Colombia: beginning of the 2023-24 FALC Novitiate
On January 16, 2023, the memorial of the Franciscan Protomartyrs, seven confreres began their canonical year of probation at the common novitiate of the...
Carini: Meeting of the Secretaries and General Delegates for Mission Animation of the Franciscan...
On October 6–7, 2026, the General Secretaries and Delegates for Mission Animation of the four Franciscan Orders—the Order of Friars Minor, the Order of...
Palermo: Mission and Evangelization in the Footsteps of St. Francis
From October 2 to 4, 2026, the second annual Festival delle Genti, titled Come fuoco ardente (Like a Blazing Fire), took place in Palermo’s...
800th Anniversary of the Transitus: St. Francis Takes to the Streets of Poznań
On Saturday, October 3, 2026, the Conventual Franciscans and the Friars Minor left their churches and led a procession through the streets of Poznań,...
South Korea: Academic Symposium for the 800th Anniversary of the Transitus of St. Francis
On October 2 and 5, 2026, the friars of the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in South Korea organized an academic symposium to...
Czech Republic: Celebrations for the 800th Anniversary of the Transitus of St. Francis
From October 2 to 4, 2026, the Conventual Franciscan friars of the Czech Republic, together with the entire Franciscan Family, commemorated the 800th anniversary...