Tag: Poland
Poland: Beginning of the Postulancy
On Saturday, October 15, 2022, ten candidates began their postulancy, that is, their first year of formation. There were four candidates from the Province...
Poland: Inauguration of the Academic Year of the Franciscan Study Theological...
On Saturday, October 1, 2022, one hundred and one friars gathered to inaugurate the 2022/23 academic year of the Franciscan Study Theological Institute in...
Poland: New Novitiate Year
On September 8, 2022, the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, seven friars from Poland, two from Bulgaria and one from...
Poland: Summer Meeting for Missionaries
On June 1-4, 2022, a summer meeting for missionaries was held at the Warsaw Missionary Formation Center in Poland. Among the participants were three...
Poland: “The Church after the Pandemic”
On May 10-11, 2022, the 148th plenary meeting of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders of Poland (KWPZM) took place at...
Poland: General Visitation to the Formation Houses
During April of 2022, the members of the General Secretariat for Formation, at the request of the Minister General, conducted a General Visitation to...
Poland: 100 Years of the Knight of the Immaculate
On Saturday, January 8, 2022, the 128th birthday of St. Maximilian Maria KOLBE, the publishing house and friary in Niepokalanów celebrated the 100th anniversary...
Poland: Conclusion of the First Year of the Franciscan School of...
On Saturday, November 27, 2021, the Most Reverend Grzegorz RYŚ, Metropolitan Archbishop of Łódź, Poland, gave a lecture on St. Francis of Assisi for...
Poland: Friar Zdzisław KIJAS at the Bishops’ Retreat
On November 15-18, 2021, a spiritual retreat for the bishops of Poland was held at the International Marian Shrine of Jasna Góra in Poland....
Poland: Assembly of the Federation of Poor Clares
On September 20-23, 2021, the Federation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate and Blessed Salome of the Order of St. Clare in Poland conducted...
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...
“Brother Sun”: An App for Praying with and Learning about St. Francis
Eight hundred years after his transitus, St. Francis of Assisi continues to walk with us. Today, we can also find him on our smartphones,...
South Korea: Canticle of Brother Sun Project
On July 10, 2026, members of the Franciscan Family and young musicians came together to film a music video as part of the Canticle...
Custody of France-Belgium: A Week of Looking to the Future with Hope
From September 11 to 18, 2026, the friars of the Provincial Custody of St. Bonaventure in France-Belgium, accompanied by the Custodial Commissioner, gathered at...