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...
Special Year of St. Francis: Pope’s Greeting to Franciscan Family and Decree Granting Plenary...
On Saturday, January 10, 2026, the Assembly of the Franciscan Family received a warm and fraternal greeting from Pope Leo XIV on the occasion...
Annual Meeting of the Procurator General with Friar Canonists and Students of the Urbe...
On Saturday, January 10, 2026, the annual meeting of the Procurator General with the students of the Urbe and several friar canonists from various...
22nd Kolbean Symposium: “Death: Between Theology and Experience”
This year, Franciscans are celebrating the 800th anniversary of the death of the founder of their Order, St. Francis of Assisi, and the 85th...
6ᵗʰ Annual Conventual Franciscan Youth Mission in Curitiba
On January 6-11, 2026, the 6th annual Conventual Franciscan Youth Mission was held at the São João Batista Parish Church in Curitiba, Brazil. The...
India: Friars Minor Conventual Celebrate New Priests
During the closing days of 2025, and the opening days of 2026, the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in India joyfully celebrated a...