Tag: Zambia
Zambia: Second Part of Annual Provincial Retreat
On August 21-25, 2023, twenty-three friars belonging to the Province of the Franciscan Protomartyrs in Zambia and the Mission in Malawi conducted their annual...
Zambia: 2023 Simple Profession
On Sunday, August 6, 2023, the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, thirteen novices made their first profession of temporary vows at the...
Zambia: New Novices Vested
On Wednesday, August 2, 2023, the Feast of Our Lady of the Angels―Portiuncula, nine postulants were vested in the Conventual Franciscan habit and began...
Zambia: Elderly and Aged Day Celebrated and 50th Anniversary of AMECEA...
On Saturday, July 22, 2023, the Most Reverend Benjamin PHIRI, Bishop of Ndola, Zambia celebrated a Mass for the elderly and the aged under...
Rivotorto Course for Young Friars from Africa
From May 15 to June 12 2023, the Order once again gave our young friars from Africa the opportunity to take part in the...
Zambia: Annual Provincial Retreat Part I: The Call to Be Another...
From April 30 to May 6, 2023, the Province of the Franciscan Protomartyrs in Zambia conducted its annual retreat. The event took place at...
Zambia: Diaconal Ordination
On May 20, 2023, diaconal ordinations took place at St. Dominic’s Major Seminary in the Woodlands neighborhood of Lusaka, Zambia. Twenty-seven men were raised...
Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – VI
Province of the Franciscan Protomartyrs in Zambia
Mother Province: the Italian Province of St. Francis of Assisi (Central Italy)
Pope Pius XI appealed to religious to...
Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – V
Mission in Malawi
Mother Province:
Province of the Franciscan Protomartyrs in Zambia
The dream of opening a mission in Malawi was initially discussed at the 2002 Extraordinary...
New Doctor of Pastoral Theology
On Wednesday, October 26, 2022, Friar Phillip Chola MULENGA of the Province of the Franciscan Protomartyrs in Zambia defended his doctoral thesis. This academic...
Karşıyaka – Izmir: Conventual Franciscans Return to the Parish of St. Helena
Sunday, April 14, 2024, was a day of great significance for the faithful in the Karşıyaka District of Izmir, Turkey. It was the day...
Sicily-Calabria: Fraternal Assembly
On April 15-16, 2024, the friars of the Italian Province of the Immaculate Conception (Sicily-Calabria) conducted a Fraternal Assembly under the title: “For a...
30th Anniversary of the Founding of the Franciscan Publishing House in Russia
On April 7, 2024, the friars of the Russian General Custody of St. Francis of Assisi celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of...
11th Ordinary Provincial Chapter of the Province of Gdańsk
On April 8-12, 2024, the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in Poland (Gdańsk) conducted its eleventh Ordinary Chapter. The Chapter was held at...
India: Priestly Ordinations and First Masses
In April of 2024, God blessed the Conventual Franciscan Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in India with an abundance of new priests. On...