Tag: Sweden
Sweden: New Delegation and New Friary
On March 19, 2025, the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, an unusual event took place at the Conventual Franciscan...
Sweden: 50th Anniversary of Parish in Jönköping and Consecration of Church...
The first Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2024, was a day of special celebrations in the life of the Conventual Franciscan parish in Jönköping,...
Conventual Franciscan Presences around the World (VI)
Mission in Sweden
Mother Province: Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in Poland (Gdańsk)
The Franciscans (then called gråbröder or gray brothers) arrived in Sweden as...
The Minister General Visits the Friars of the Mission in Sweden
On February 1-4, 2024, the Minister General, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, visited the friars in Sweden for the first time in his mandate.
Our friars have...
Sweden: Fraternal Visit
On November 28-29, 2021, Friar Igor SALMIČ, the Assistant General for the Centralis Europae Foederatio (CEF) visited our confreres in Sweden. He was accompanied...
Lithuania – Sweden: OFS National Elective Chapters
On September 17-19, 2021, the National Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS) in Lithuania held an elective Chapter at the Hill of Crosses...
Bkennaya: 2025 Custodial Spiritual Retreat
From Sunday evening, August 31, 2025, to Friday afternoon, September 5, the friars of the Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land –...
Assisi: Presentation of the 2026 San Francesco Vive [St. Francis Lives] Website and Calendar
The 8th Centenary of the death of St. Francis was given a preview at the opening of the 2025 Cortile di Francesco .
The preview...
New Zealand: Pastoral Visit and OFS National Elective Chapter
On September 2-5, 2025, the Minister General of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS), Tibor KAUSER, and the OFS General Spiritual Assistant, Friar Stefan ACATRINEI,...
Praying with One’s Feet: A Walking Retreat
From August 25 to September 5, 2025, four friars of the Foederatio Europae Mediae et Orientalis (FEMO) took part in a spiritual retreat in...
Brazil: Celebrations in Honor of the Glorious Infant Jesus of Prague
On August 22-31, 2025, the Provincial Custody of St. Bonaventure in Brazil (Maranhão) conducted nine evening celebrations to honor of the Glorious Infant Jesus...