Greetings to the Entire Order
\nSolemnity of St. Francis 2026
\nJubilee Year<\/p>\n
Dearest brothers,<\/strong> God\u2019s Providence has willed that we, of all people, should live through and celebrate the 800th<\/sup> anniversary of St. Francis\u2019 passing from this world to the Father, and for this we are truly grateful. Assisi, October 3, 2026<\/p>\n Friar Carlos A. TROVARELLI Greetings to the Entire Order Solemnity of St. Francis 2026 Jubilee Year Dearest brothers, May my jubilee greetings reach you! God\u2019s Providence has willed that we, of all people, should live through and celebrate the 800th anniversary of St. Francis\u2019 passing from this world to the Father, and for this we are truly grateful. As […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general-secretariat","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104511","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=104511"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104515,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104511\/revisions\/104515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMay my jubilee greetings reach you!<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAs we celebrate this unique event, let us ask for the grace to know how to \u201ctake a risk.\u201d Let me explain: to risk ourselves completely so that our lives may mirror St. Francis of Assisi, who, after stripping himself of everything, chose to die to himself and learned to return every good thing he received to the Lord. He allowed the Spirit of the Lord, through His holy work, to bring to full bloom within him perfect joy and that springtime of faith that, even today, countless men and women throughout the world recognize and admire.
\nBrothers, \u201cthe one who sows for the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit\u201d (Gal. 6:8). Therefore, I invite you to celebrate this year by taking, both within yourselves and in your fraternities, a decisive step toward conversion and renewal in following the Seraphic Father\u2014a step that will make your commitment to the Lord fuller and more wholehearted, without settling for the bare minimum.
\nLet us take the risk! Let us ask the Lord for the strength to free ourselves from worldly temptations and ways of thinking, so that we may dare to pursue holiness!
\nAs we, the Ministers General of the Franciscan Family, recalled in the document 2023\u20132026: A Multifaceted Centenary Celebrating Several Centenaries<\/em>, issued on January 1, 2022: \u201cCelebrating the passing of the Poverello is an occasion to remember that we are all called to holiness and that, like Francis, we are invited to reflect the beauty of the Gospel and of our Franciscan vocation \u2026\u201d
\nBeloved brothers, I wish you a fruitful celebration of this Centenary and a renewed and courageous commitment to discipleship along the paths of the Lord, in the spirit of Francis of Assisi, St. Clare, and the first fraternities.<\/p>\n
\nMinister General<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"