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Fire Brigade Friars Serving During the Epidemic: An Interview

We are meeting with some friars from Niepokalanów who make up a unit of the Volunteer Fire Brigade. The unit is headquartered at the...

Polish Version of the Constitutions and General Statutes

The Constitutions and General Statutes of the Order of the Friars Minor Conventual have been translated into Polish, thanks to the hard work of...

Poland: Visit of the Minister General

On January 13-15, 2020, the Minister General, Friar Carlos Alberto TROVARELLI, visited Poland. This was his first visit to Central and Eastern Europe since...

Poland: Inaugurations of the Academic Year

On October 1, 2019, the Conventual Franciscan seminary in Łódź began its 2019-2020 academic year. The event started with the celebration of Mass with the Seminary’s Superiors, professors, formators and employees.

Poland: Franciscan Missiology Workshop

On August 26-30, 2019, a missiology workshop took place for seminarians from all ten Franciscan Provinces in Poland. The event was held at the...

Poland: Witnesses of Hope

On July 20-27, 2019, Friar Valerio FOLLI, OFM Conv., and Sister Renata FERRARI (Franciscan Sisters of St. Elizabeth) accompanied a group of young people...

Postulator Visits Poland, Slovakia and Hungary

On March 7-11, 2019, the Postulator General of the Conventual Franciscans, Friar Damian PĂTRAȘCU, visited Poland Slovakia and Hungary at the invitation of the...

Niepokalanów: Another Portiuncula

On September 1, 2018, the International World Prayer for Peace Center was inaugurated in Niepokalanów, Poland. Since then, many faithful have visited the Chapel of...

Katowice: Franciscans for the Climate

On December 3-15, 2018, the United Nations Climate Summit was held in Katowice, Poland. The event was attended by politicians, scientists and world leaders...

Łódź-Łagiewniki: Two Jubilees

On December 1, 2018, a symposium was held at the Conventual Franciscan Major Seminary in Lodz-Łagiewniki, Poland, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the...
Burkina Faso

Project No. 21/2026 – Construction of the Ground Floor of the Friary

  Project No. 21/2026 – Construction of the Ground Floor of the Friary in Yagma (Ouagadougou), Burkina Faso The Provincial Delegation in Burkina Faso of the Order of...
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Poland: Formation Meeting for Superiors of the Poor Clares

On June 8-11, 2026, the friars in Niepokalanów Lasek, Poland, hosted a Jubilee Year formation meeting for the Superiors of the six monasteries of...
Burkina Faso

Project No. 20/2026 – Expansion of Drinking Water Production and Distribution Operations

  Project No. 20/2026 – Expansion of Drinking Water Production and Distribution Operations (Burkina Faso) The Provincial Delegation in Burkina Faso of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual...
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Brazil: 11th Annual Conventual Franciscan Youth Gathering

On June 4-7, 2026, the 11th annual Conventual Franciscan Youth Gathering took place at Casa Kolbe in Caçapava (São Paulo), Brazil. This year’s theme...
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Custody of Slovakia Has New Priest

On Saturday, June 6, 2026, Friar Peter PIKULÍK, a member of the Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. in Slovakia, was...