Tag: REFA
JPIC Pilgrimage to Assisi and Rome
On April 20-28, 2023, the 2023 Assisi Project Pilgrimage took place in Italy. The main theme of this formation event was the Franciscan Centenary...
Poland: The Season for Laudato si’
The feast of St. Francis and the “Season of Creation” prayer initiative inspired a series of meetings with rich religious and ecological themes.
The meetings...
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...
Franciscan Ecologists at the Vatican
The beginning of July 2018 was an important time for the Ecological Movement of St. Francis of Assisi (REFA) in Poland.
Representatives of the movement,...
Annual Convocation of the Abbesses of the Federation of the Urbanist Poor Clares of...
On September 17-21, 2023, twenty-one sisters of the Federation of the Urbanist Poor Clares of Italy met together at the Seraphicum College in Rome...
Osimo: Celebrations at the Basilica of St. Joseph of Cupertino
On Friday, September 8, 2023, during the evening Mass, the Procurator General, Friar Maurizio DI PAOLO, began a novena, preaching to the faithful of...
In the Footsteps of St. Francis: A Spiritual Retreat for Senior Friars
On September 10-19, 2023, some senior friars from Poland went on a spiritual retreat in Italy.
The idea for the retreat came from the Vicar...
Franciscan Ministers General Discuss the Rule after 800 Years
On Saturday, September 16, 2023, the Ministers General of the Franciscan First Order: Friars Massimo FUSARELLI, OFM; Roberto GENUIN, OFM Cap.; and Carlos A....
Germany: Pre-Chapter Assembly
Four years have flown by. The friars of the Province of St. Elizabeth in Germany are preparing for their next Ordinary Provincial Chapter. In...