On June 28, 2026, a vocation promotion event entitled \u201cFranciscan Tent\u201d took place at the St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish Church in Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil. The friars of the Conventual Franciscan Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in Brazil (Brasilia) serve the parish.<\/strong><\/p>\n The event focused on the theme, \u201cThe Lord Gave Me Brothers,\u201d <\/em>in keeping with the celebrations marking the 800th<\/sup> anniversary of the Testament<\/em> of St. Francis of Assisi. Friar Alexandre PATUCCI DE LIMA<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On June 28, 2026, a vocation promotion event entitled \u201cFranciscan Tent\u201d took place at the St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish Church in Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil. The friars of the Conventual Franciscan Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in Brazil (Brasilia) serve the parish. The event focused on the theme, \u201cThe Lord Gave Me Brothers,\u201d in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,132,148],"tags":[1177,1790,227],"class_list":["post-101223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-falc-en","category-federations","category-news","tag-brazil-sf","tag-vocation","tag-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101223"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101227,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101223\/revisions\/101227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nActivities began at 12:00 p.m. with a welcome, followed by lunch. This was followed by an opening prayer and a presentation of the day\u2019s program. In the afternoon, the young people were divided into three formation tents<\/em> [groups]. The first, \u201cFraternity,\u201d<\/em> was led by Friars Gustavo Ionas ROCHA DE MEDEIROS and Fl\u00e1vio Martins VEN\u00c2NCIO. The second, \u201cStigmata,\u201d<\/em> was led by lay catechists Drico and Vilma. The third, \u201cChurch,\u201d<\/em> was led by the \u201cJuventude Sol de Assis\u201d youth group.
\nAfterwards, the participants spent time together reading and reflecting on the Testament<\/em> of St. Francis of Assisi, exploring its content in the light of Franciscan spirituality.
\nThe program continued with a recreational activity called \u201cPie in the Face,\u201d<\/em> which was designed to reinforce the topics covered during the formation sessions. After a break, the participants gathered for an evening bonfire (luau) and prayed the Franciscan Crown. The event concluded with the celebration of Mass.<\/p>\n