Tag: UCOB
Brazil: Vesting Ceremony and Opening of the UCOB Novitiate
On February 17, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., ten young men were vested in the habit of the Order during a ceremony that marked the...
Brazil: 37th Annual UCOB Winter Course in Franciscanism
On July 7 -18, 2025, the 37th Annual UCOB Winter Course in Franciscanism took place at the São Francisco de Assis Post-Novitiate Formation House...
Brazil: Quinquennium Meeting
On May 19-23, 2025, the Union of Conventual Franciscans of Brazil (UCOB) conducted a continuing formation meeting for friars who have been solemnly professed...
Brazil: Meeting of UCOB Vocation Animators
On September 2-6, 2024, the Union of Conventual Franciscans of Brazil (UCOB) conducted a meeting for vocation animators. The event took place at the...
Brazil: UCOB Leadership Makes Fraternal Visit to Common Novitiate
On August 13-16, 2024, the President and the Secretary of the Union of Conventual Franciscans of Brazil (UCOB) visited the Santo António Common Novitiate...
4ᵗʰ Annual Franciscan Symposium: Celebrations for the 800ᵗʰ Anniversary of the...
On July 8-10, 2024, the Union of Conventual Franciscans of Brazil (UCOB) conducted its 4th Annual Franciscan Symposium. This year’s event was entitled: “800...
Brazil: Meeting of UCOB Major Superiors
On May 22-24, 2024, the Ministers Provincial and Custodes of the Conventual Franciscan Jurisdictions in Brazil met at the Senhor do Bonfim Friary in...
Brazil: Meeting of UCOB Pastors
On August 21-25, 2023, a formational and fraternal meeting of the pastors in the Jurisdictions of the Union of Conventual Franciscans of Brazil (UCOB)...
Brazil: 3rd Franciscan Symposium
On July 10-12, 2023, the third Franciscan Symposium took place at the São Bonaventura Institute (ISB) in Brasilia, Brazil. The event was focused on...
Brazil: Meeting of UCOB Friars
On June 20-25, 2022, the friars of the Union of Conventual Franciscans of Brazil (UCOB) held a “quinquennio,” that is, a meeting for all...
Zambia: Priestly Ordinations during the Jubilee of St. Francis
On Saturday, May 9, 2026, there was joy and jubilation as six Conventual Franciscan friars from the Province of the Franciscan Protomartyrs in Zambia...
Conventual Franciscan Elected Secretary General of Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Institutes...
On May 12, 2026, during their meeting held in Wadowice, Poland, the Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Institutes in Poland elected the Secretary General...
Poland: Retreat for People with Cancer in Niepokalanów Lasek
On May 4-9, 2026, a retreat for people with cancer was held at the friary in Niepokalanów Lasek, a presence of the Province of...
“With the Heart, in the Name of Francis”: The Solidarity Telethon of the Friars...
On Friday, May 29, 2026, the 24rd annual “Con il Cuore, nel Nome di Francesco” solidarity concert/telethon returns. The event is organized by...
National OFS Fraternity of Lithuania: Formation Day
Wherever and whenever brothers and sisters gather, the words of the Psalmist: “How good and how pleasant it is” (Ps 133) become a lived...