Tag: Polonia
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...
Germany: 100th Anniversary of the Friary in Neustadt an der Waldnaab
On May 16-18, 2025, the Conventual Franciscans celebrated the 100th anniversary of the friary in Neustadt an der Waldnaab, in northern Bavaria, Germany. They...
Costa Rica: 2nd M.I. Elective Assembly
On May 18, 2025, the Fifth Sunday of Easter, the second Elective Assembly of the Militia of the Immaculata (M.I.) of Costa Rica was...
El Salvador: OFS National Elective Chapter
The national fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) of El Salvador has 250 members distributed among five regional fraternities. On Friday, May 16,...
Philippines: Canonical Visitation
The Minister General, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, delegated the Assistant General for the Federation of Asian Minor Conventuals (FAMC) Friar Giuseppe Myoungjin PARK, to conduct...
SGAM and SGF: Visit to the St. Felix of Cantalice Friary in Neustadt, Germany
On May 8-12, 2025, Friar Dariusz MAZUREK, the Secretary General for the General Secretariat for Mission Animation (SGAM) and Friar Piotr STANISŁAWCZYK, the Secretary...