Tag: Philippines
IMCA2023 Course “Mirror of Grace” Closing Ceremony
On July 28, 2023, the first Inter-Obediential Missionary Course in Asia 2023 (IMCA2023) concluded. The two-month missionary course took place from June 4 to...
The Philippines: Renewal of Vows
On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII made an infallible ex-cathedra statement in his Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus, which defined the dogma of the...
The Philippines: FAMC Annual Meeting
On July 17-21, 2023, the Federation of Asian Minor Conventuals (FAMC) held its Annual Assembly at the St. Joseph Friary in Tagaytay City, the...
The Philippines: New Postulants
On June 24, 2023, the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, six men were welcomed into the postulancy program of the...
The Philippines: Priestly Ordination
On June 13, 2023, the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua, Friar Bernard M. ANUTA, a member of the Provincial Custody of the Immaculate...
The Philippines: Visit of the Minister General and Continuing Formation
On May 28, 2023, the Minister General of the Order, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, made a fraternal visit to the Provincial Custody of the Immaculate...
Course for Missionaries in Asia
The course for Franciscan missionaries has changed continents. Last year’s course was held in Africa, in Kampala, Uganda. This year’s course is underway in...
Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – XII
Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception
and Bl. Bonaventure of Potenza in the Philippines
Mother Province: Province of the Seraphic Father St. Francis in Italy (Naples)
On...
The Philippines: New Guardian Installed and Ministries Conferred
On March 25, 2023, the Solemnity of the Annunciation, the friars of the Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception and Bl. Bonaventure of Potenza...
The Philippines: Renewal of Vows and New Novices
On March 19, 2023, the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Friar Raphael YSULAN, a member of the Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception and Bl....
Greeting of the Minister General on the Solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi, 2023
One day the Gospel was being read in that church about how the Lord sent out his disciples to preach. The holy man...
Southern Italy: Postulancy Year Begins
On September 25, 2023, six men received the Tau Cross as they began their first year of postulancy. The ceremony took place in the...
Cres: 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Archbishop Vitale Antonio BOMMARCO
On Sunday, September 24, 2023, during the 9:30 a.m. Mass, the St. Francis Friary in Cres, Croatia, commemorated what would have been the 100th...
Assisi: Continuing Formation for Friars of Croatia
On September 18-22, 2023, on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the Later Rule, some friars from the Province of St. Jerome in...
Croatia: 2023-24 Postulancy Program Begins
On Monday, September 25, 2023, four men began their religious formation with the Province of St. Jerome in Croatia. Three of the candidates entered...