Tag: Ordination
Episcopal Ordination of Friar Martin KMETEC
On Tuesday February 2, 2021, our brother Friar Martin KMETEC was ordained the Archbishop of Izmir (Smyrna) Turkey and will perform pastoral ministry in...
Poland: Ordinations in Łódź Łagiewniki
On May 30, 2020, the eve of Pentecost, seven student friars of the major seminary in Łódź Łagiewniki were ordained to the deaconate and...
Bolivia: Custodial Events
The Provincial Custody of St. Francis in Bolivia recently celebrated the diaconal ordination of one of its friars and the solemn profession of another.
On...
Romania: Diaconal Ordination
On October 4, 2019, the Solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi, the friars of the Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. in...
Ghana: Priestly Ordination
On Saturday, September 14, 2019, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, a Conventual Franciscan friar was ordained to the priesthood. The ordination...
Indonesia: Priestly Ordination
On Saturday August 10, 2019, the feast of Saint Lawrence, the priestly ordination of five Conventual Franciscans was celebrated at the Parish Church of...
The Philippines: Priestly Ordination
On July 15, 2019, the Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception and Bl. Bonaventure of Potenza in the Philippines joyfully celebrated the Feast of...
Tanzania: Custodial Celebrations
Priestly Ordination in Tanzania
On July 16, 2019, the Provincial Custody of St. Maximilian M.Kolbe in Tanzania, celebrated the ordination of its tenth local priest,...
Calabria – Italy: Diaconal Ordination
On Monday, July 15, 2019, the liturgical feast of St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio, the friars of the Provincial Custody of St. Daniel and Companion...
India: Priestly Ordinations
The Province of India recently celebrated three priestly ordinations.
On Saturday, July 27, 2019, Friar Tomy MALAKKARAN, OFM Conv., was ordained to the priesthood by...
The Light of the Spirit of Assisi in Lebanon
“Lebanon is something more than a country: it is a message…” Thus wrote St. John Paul II in his Apostolic Letter To All the...
Hong Kong: 2026 OFS Visit and Elective Chapter
The Regional Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) of Hong Kong–Macao has 129 members, of whom seventy-nine are active. It is divided into...
Indonesia: Perpetual Profession, a Sign of Hope for the Church
On April 11, 2026, four Conventual Franciscan friars of the Province of Mary Immaculate in Indonesia professed their perpetual vows during Mass at the...
CEF Annual Assembly: Communion, Formation, and Future Prospects
On April 7-10, 2026, the friars of the Centralis Europae Foederatio (CEF) gathered at the St. Maximilian Kolbe Friary in Gdańsk, Poland, for their...
Project No. 02/2025 – Renewable Energy for the San Damiano Novitiate House
Project No. 02/2025 –
Renewable Energy for the San Damiano Novitiate House
(Ndola, Zambia)
The Conventual Franciscan Province of the Franciscan Protomartyrs in Zambia has proposed Conventual...