Tag: Vietnam
Vietnam: 2025 OFS Elective Chapter
On June 27-29, 2025, the Friars Minor Friary of St. Francis of Assisi in Đa Kao, District 1 of Hồ Chí Minh City, the...
Fraternal and Pastoral Visit to the OFS National Fraternity in Vietnam
On June 13-27, 2025, the International Council of the Secular Franciscan Order (CIOFS) made a fraternal and pastoral visit to the National Fraternity of...
Vietnam: The Canticle of the Creatures – A Supportive Tool on...
On June 12-19, 2025, the General Spiritual Assistant for the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS), Friar Stefan ACATRINEI, OFM Conv., visited Vietnam. The postulants and...
Lady Courtesy and the Canticle of Vietnam
It is said that Vietnam is a country of poems and music because their countless poems all have a rhythm to them, which can...
Vietnam: Visit of the M.I. International President and Assistant
On Sunday, August 25, 2024, the International President of the Militia of the Immaculata (M.I.), Miquel BORDAS PRÓSZYNSKI, and the M.I. International Assistant, Friar...
Vietnam: News from the Provincial Custody of St. Francis Anthony Fasani
In a spirit of gratitude for the grace of twenty years of presence and development of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Vietnam,...
Vietnam: 2024 FAMC Annual Meeting
On July 22-26, 2024, the Provincial Custody of St. Francis Anthony Fasani in Vietnam hosted the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Federation of Asian...
Vietnam: Priestly Ordination
On Saturday, December 2, 2023, the Provincial Custody of St. Francis Anthony Fasani in Vietnam rejoiced to have two new priests ordained. The Most...
Vietnam: Custodial Community week
On August 7-11, 2023, the friars of the Provincial Custody of St. Francis Anthony Fasani in Vietnam gathered at the St. Anthony Seminary in...
Vietnam: First Profession of Vows
On August 14, 2023, the Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe, the Provincial Custody of St. Francis Anthony Fasani in Vietnam joyfully celebrated Mass during...
A Message from the Minister General, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI, for the Feast of St....
On this feast of St. Francis, as we prepare to celebrate the 800th anniversary of his transitus into the heavenly homeland, we certainly want to look beyond and live in a way that is truly alternative to the dominant culture of our day, a culture often far removed from humanizing and Gospel values. In this jubilee atmosphere, we wish to renew and revitalize all that characterizes us as Conventual Franciscans!
Poland: New Academic Year Inaugurated at the Theological Institute of the Franciscan Study
On Wednesday, October 1, 2025, twenty-two friars were solemnly welcomed as students at the Theological Institute of the Franciscan Study in Cracow.
The new students...
Meeting in Kigali on Proposed New Conventual Franciscan Mission in Rwanda
On September 29, 2025, an important meeting was held in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, to discuss a proposal to open a new Conventual...
Franciscan Jubilee Pilgrimage: Hope for Peace
On September 29, 2025, the Franciscan Family in Rome gathered for a pilgrimage to remember and pray for peace in our wounded world.
Beginning in...
Croatia: Province of St. Jerome Celebrates Province Day
On September 30, 2025, the friars of the Province of St. Jerome in Croatia once again gathered on the feast day of their heavenly...