Tag: Youth
Poland: Youth Retreat in Niepokalanów Lasek
From December 1-3, 2023, a retreat for young people preparing for the sacrament of confirmation was held at the friary in Niepokalanów Lasek, a...
Chile: Franciscan Youth Meeting
On October 27 -29, 2023, a meeting of members of the Franciscan Youth movement was held in Santiago, Chile. Around seventy participants attended, coming...
Youth of Sicily for Care of Creation
On July 31, 2023, the young members of the Laudato Si’ Circle, part of the Franciscan Youth Movement, repeated an event in Marineo (Palermo)...
Brazil: 8th Annual Conventual Franciscan Youth Day
On June 8-11, 2023, the Province of St. Francis in Brazil (São Paulo) held its eighth annual Conventual Franciscan Youth Day. The event took...
Zagreb: Five Thousand Participate in St. Anthony Youth March
On Saturday June 10, 2023, the fifth annual St. Anthony Youth March took place in Zagreb, Croatia. This event is conducted in preparation for...
Niepokalanów Lasek: Youth Weekend
On May 19-21, 2023, the Province of the Immaculate Mother of God in Poland (Warsaw) hosted a youth weekend on the theme: “Discover the...
Pergusa: Ecological Fraternity Day
On May 1, 2023, an ecological fraternity day was held in Pergusa, (Sicily) Italy. It was organized by the young Laudato Si’ leaders of...
Sicily: Laudato Si’ Day
On Sunday, March 19, 2023, the Province of St. Agatha and St. Lucy in Italy (Sicily) hosted a “Laudato Sì’ Day” to raise awareness...
Chile: 2023 Summer Youth Mission
From January 28 to February 7, 2023, twenty-eight young members of our parishes in Santiago and Curicó, Chile, took part in a summer youth...
Franciscans Collaborating in Response to Ukrainian Trauma from War
The Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Offices of the Conventual and Capuchin Franciscans co-sponsored a Social Theatre Workshop at our Conventual Franciscan Friary...
Greccio Christmas Indulgence
Prot. N. 35/2023
November 18, 2023
To the Brothers and Sisters of the Franciscan Family,
A few weeks ago, it was announced to you all that the...
A Fresh Perspective on St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in the Last Volume of the...
On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, the third and final volume of the Writings of Kolbe (Edizioni Messaggero Sant’Antonio di Padova Publishing) was presented in...
Bologna: We and the Rule: In Dialogue with Brother Francis Eight Hundred Years Later
On November 29, 2023, the Basilica of San Francesco in Bologna, Italy, hosted a public reading of the Later Rule in commemoration of the...
Poland-Gdańsk: Meeting of Superiors
On November 27-29, 2023, a meeting of the Superiors of the St. Maximilian M. Kolbe Province in Poland (Gdańsk) was held at the Meeting...
South Korea: Renewal of Vows
On November 29, 2023, the feast of All Saints of the Seraphic Order, all of the solemnly professed members of the Province of St....