Tag: novitiate
Poland (Cracow): Novitiate Begins
After completing a year of postulancy, eight confreres were vested in the Conventual Franciscan habit and began their novitiate year in Kalwaria Pacławska, Poland....
Poland: Simple Profession and Vesting
On September 14, 2019, two friars completed their novitiate year and professed temporary vows. They were Friars Siergiej ANOKHIN of the General Custody of...
The Philippines: Formation News
On July 30, 2019, the Common Novitiate of the Federation of Asian Minors Conventual (FAMC) accepted ten postulants from three different Jurisdictions to begin...
USA: Vesting and First Profession
On July 17, 2019, the friars of the Conventual Franciscan Federation (CFF) celebrated the vesting of five new novices at the St. Francis of...
Ghana: Beginning of Novitiate
On Saturday, August 4, 2018, four postulants from Ghana and one from Burkina Faso were vested in the habit to begin their novitiate in...
Custody of the Philippines: Latest Events
Each August, Franciscans the world over celebrate a number of feast days. The Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception and Bl. Bonaventure of Potenza...
Philippines: Formators’ Assembly and Novitiate Commission
On April 23-29, 2018, a Formators’ Assembly and the first meeting of the Commission for the common novitiate was conducted by the Secretary General...
Areguá: Formation Week
On March 23-30, 2018, Friar Franklin DURÁN ZAMBRANO met with the “San José de Cupertino” novitiate community in Areguá - Paraguay, for Holy Week...
Brazil: Funeral of Bishop Janusz Marian DANECKI
Friar Janusz Marian DANECKI was born on September 8, 1951, in Sochaczew, Poland. He died on August 30, 2024, due to a surgical procedure...
Friar Roberto GENUIN Reelected Capuchin Minister General
On September 3, 2024, the General Chapter of the Capuchin Franciscan Order reelected Friar Roberto GENUIN as Minister General.
At 9:30 a.m., all of the...
Friar Contributes to New Graphic Biography of Servant of God Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day: Radical Devotion introduces readers to the amazing life of Dorothy Day, reviews her impact on the church and peace and justice movements,...
South Korea: 2024 Pre-Chapter Assembly
On August 26-31, 2024, the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in South Korea celebrated its Pre-Chapter Assembly. The event took place at the...
Niepokalanów Lasek: Summer Retreat for Children and Youth
From July 29 to August 24, 2024, a summer retreat for children and youth was conducted at the friary in Niepokalanów Lasek, Poland, a...