Tag: USA-OLA
USA: Our Lady of the Angels, Franciscan Heritage and the Legacy...
On August 2, 2026, the friars of the Conventual Franciscan Province of Our Lady of the Angels in the USA welcomed four hundred pilgrims...
Two Franciscan Friars Make Their First Profession of Vows
Continuing their Franciscan journey with the Province of Our Lady of the Angels in the USA (OLA), two friars made their first profession of...
Friar Ignatius MATERNOWSKI Remembered in Normandy During D-Day Commemorations
On June 3, 2026, as part of the annual commemorations for D-Day in Normandy, France, Friar James MCCURRY, OFM Conv., Friar Martin KOBOS, OFM...
USA: Ordinary Chapter of the Province of Our Lady of the...
From May 18–22, 2026, the Province of Our Lady of the Angels in the USA conducted its Ordinary Provincial Chapter. The event took place...
United States: Priestly Ordination of Friar Edgar VARELA in Graham, North...
On Saturday, April 25, 2026, joyful prayer and song, in Spanish and English, filled the Blessed Sacrament Parish Church in Graham, North Carolina, USA....
United States: Pre-Chapter Assembly in OLA Province
On April 7-9, 2026, prayer and fraternal brotherhood were evident as approximately eighty friars from the Province of Our Lady of the Angels in...
Music Piece Composed in Honor of Friar Gerry WATERMAN
When Friar Gerry WATERMAN, OFM Conv., heard the Hendricks Chapel Choir perform an original choral piece based on his favorite verse, Psalm 139, he...
Called and Consecrated: The Priestly Ordination of Friar Franck Lino
On Saturday, July 19, 2025, the Province of Our Lady of the Angels in the USA welcomed a new friar priest: Friar Franck Lino...
USA: Friar Patrick ALLEN Makes Simple Profession
On July 9, 2025, Friar Patrick ALLEN made his temporary profession of vows at the St. Francis of Assisi Novitiate in Arroyo Grande, California,...
Remembering Friar Ignatius MATERNOWSKI, OFM Conv., a Casualty of D-Day
June 5, 2025, marked the 81st anniversary of the allied invasion of Normandy, an event that signaled the beginning of the end of World...
Carini: Meeting of the Secretaries and General Delegates for Mission Animation of the Franciscan...
On October 6–7, 2026, the General Secretaries and Delegates for Mission Animation of the four Franciscan Orders—the Order of Friars Minor, the Order of...
Palermo: Mission and Evangelization in the Footsteps of St. Francis
From October 2 to 4, 2026, the second annual Festival delle Genti, titled Come fuoco ardente (Like a Blazing Fire), took place in Palermo’s...
800th Anniversary of the Transitus: St. Francis Takes to the Streets of Poznań
On Saturday, October 3, 2026, the Conventual Franciscans and the Friars Minor left their churches and led a procession through the streets of Poznań,...
South Korea: Academic Symposium for the 800th Anniversary of the Transitus of St. Francis
On October 2 and 5, 2026, the friars of the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in South Korea organized an academic symposium to...
Czech Republic: Celebrations for the 800th Anniversary of the Transitus of St. Francis
From October 2 to 4, 2026, the Conventual Franciscan friars of the Czech Republic, together with the entire Franciscan Family, commemorated the 800th anniversary...