{"id":56583,"date":"2023-06-12T13:26:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T11:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofmconv.net\/lettura-storica-del-cammino-missionario-ofmconv\/"},"modified":"2023-06-13T11:32:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T09:32:54","slug":"lettura-storica-del-cammino-missionario-ofmconv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/lettura-storica-del-cammino-missionario-ofmconv\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical Overview of the Conventual Franciscan Missionary Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the last hundred years, the life and activities of the Order were characterized by a boundless missionary drive. A that time, the Order\u2019s missionary thrust had been rediscovered, revitalized and carried forth by generations of generous friars who changed the geography of our presences, going forth with the charism of St. Francis, who was himself a missionary to the Middle East and witness of the Gospel.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This missionary style of living the missio ad gentes<\/em> is recounted in the thousands of pages of the magazine Il Missionario Francescano<\/em> [The Franciscan Missionary]. 2023 marks the 90th<\/sup> anniversary of its foundation (1933\/2023).
\nFor the first eighty years, the magazine was directly managed by the Government of the Order. In 2014, its publication was entrusted to the Missionary Center of the Federazione Inter-mediterranea Ministri Provinciali. Every year since then, it has continued to report on the missionary journey and the missions opened in the various Jurisdictions of the Order.
\nAnalyzing the first two decades of the last century and the period after World War I, the Order\u2019s real missionary turning point came when Pope Pius XI called upon the religious Orders to open themselves to doing missionary work. Accepting the Pope\u2019s invitation, the then Minister General, Friar Dominic TAVANI, founded the Franciscan Missionary Crusade.<\/em> In 1924, the Minister General, Friar Alfonso ORLINI, at the General Chapter in Assisi, invited the Ministers Provincial to send their friars to distant lands; thus in 1925, the first mission in China was opened with friars from what were then the Italian Provinces of Sardinia, Sicily and Tuscany.
\nThis opening gave a push to the missionary journey of the Order, even though the Order was recuperating from the Napoleonic suppression of ecclesiastical property, the suppression in 1866, imposed by the Kingdom of Savoy, the elimination of religious communities and the beginning of the slow recovery of vocations after World War I.
\nAfter founding the mission in China, the mission in Japan was founded in 1930, with St. Maximilian M. KOLBE. In 1931, the mission in Zambia was opened with Friar Francesco Costantino MAZZIERI. The journey intensified during the last half of the 20th<\/sup> century, under the leadership of two Ministers General: Friar Vitale BOMMARCO and Friar Lanfranco SERRINI. Subsequently, thanks to the foresight of the Jurisdictions in today\u2019s FIMP Federation, the Foederatio Europae Mediae et Orientalis<\/em> (FEMO), and the Conventual Franciscan Federation (CFF), thirty new missions were opened, including seven founded in the first decade of the 2000s.
\nAfter reviewing some historical data published by our news agency MissioConvInforma, <\/em>some Ministers Provincial stated, \u201cToday, as vocational and community consolidation is occurring in many of our missionary presences, we can affirm that the great good done by our missionary friars, some of whom were even martyred, has left an indelible impression in the lives of many peoples. We owe these friars a debt of gratitude and we are invited to reawaken the missionary spirit following the style of Pope Francis who dreams of a Church that goes forth<\/em> and is open to mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

The following is a historical overview of our missionary presences in the world with some news regarding the Franciscan Missionary Center and the Order\u2019s mission animation centers.<\/p>\n

THE FRIARS MINOR CONVENTUAL AROUND THE WORLD
\n<\/strong>The Order maintains presences in 65 nations<\/em>, with 75 Jurisdictions<\/em> and 7 Federations<\/em>.
\nThere are 30 Provinces<\/em> and their presences in 11 missionary Jurisdictions and 19 other locations.
\nThere are 20 Custodies<\/em> and their presences in 12 missionary Jurisdictions and 8 other locations.
\nThere are 20 Delegations<\/em>, with presences in 12 missionary Jurisdictions, and 8 other places.
\nThere are 5 missions<\/em>.
\nThere are a total of 40 mission Jurisdictions and 35 other Jurisdictions.<\/p>\n

OUR MISSIONS<\/strong> (Jurisdictions and presences)<\/p>\n

AFRICA<\/strong>: Zambia<\/em> (founded by the then Province of the Marches, Italy, in 1931); Ghana<\/em> (founded by the then Province of Padua, Italy, in 1977); Kenya<\/em> (founded by the Province of Gda\u0144sk, Poland, in 1984); Tanzania<\/em> (founded by the Province of Warsaw, Poland, in 1989); Burkina Faso<\/em> (founded by the Province of Abruzzo, Italy, and the Province of Warsaw, Poland, in 2001); Uganda<\/em> (founded by the Province of Cracow, Poland, in 2002); Malawi<\/em> (founded by the Province of Zambia in 2004).<\/p>\n

AMERICAS<\/strong>: Costa Rica<\/em> (founded by the then Province of the Immaculate Conception in the USA in 1946); Brazil, Custody of the Immaculate Conception<\/em> (founded in 1945 by what is now the Province of Our Lady of the Angels in the USA); Argentina-Uruguay<\/em> (Province of Padua, 1947); Brazil, Province of St. Francis<\/em> (Province of Padua, 1949); Brazil, Custody of St. Bonaventure<\/em> (founded by the then Province of Rome, Italy, in 1968); Brazil, Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe<\/em> (Province of Warsaw, 1974); Bolivia<\/em> (Province of Cracow, 1977); Colombia<\/em> (Province of Spain, 1977); Mexico<\/em> (Province of Sicily, Italy, 1977); Venezuela<\/em> (founded by the then Province of Puglia, Italy, in 1978); Honduras<\/em> (founded by the Province of Our Lady of Consolation in the USA in 1979); Peru<\/em> (Province of Cracow, 1989); Paraguay<\/em> (Province of Cracow, 1992); El Salvador<\/em> (Province of Our Lady of Consolation in the USA, 1994); Chile<\/em> (Province of Padua, 1995); Ecuador<\/em> (Province of Gda\u0144sk, 1995); Cuba<\/em> (Province of the Marches and the then Province of Sardinia, Italy in 2002); Guatemala<\/em> (Province of Our Lady of Consolation in the USA, 2012).<\/p>\n

ASIA<\/strong>: China<\/em> (founded by the then Provinces of Sardinia, Sicily, and Tuscany, Italy in 1925); Japan<\/em> (Province of Warsaw, 1930); South Korea<\/em> (Provinces of Padua and Abruzzo, 1958); Indonesia<\/em> (founded by the then Province of Bologna, Italy in 1968); India<\/em> (Province of Malta, 1979); The Philippines<\/em> (Province of Naples, Italy, 1979); Uzbekistan<\/em> (Province of Cracow, 1992); Vietnam<\/em> (founded by the Province of St. Joseph of Cupertino in the USA in 2004); Kazakhstan<\/em> (founded by the Russian General Custody in 2005); Sri Lanka<\/em> (Province of India, 2009).<\/p>\n

EUROPE<\/strong>: Belarus<\/em> (Province of Warsaw, 1990); Denmark and Sweden<\/em> (Province of Gda\u0144sk and the Province of Our Lady of Consolation in the USA, 1990); Lithuania<\/em> (Province of Gda\u0144sk, 1990); Romania<\/em> (several Jurisdictions-reorganized in 1990); Ukraine<\/em> (Province of Cracow, 1991); Russia<\/em> (founded by the Government of the Order in 1993 ); Orient and the Holy Land<\/em> (multiple Jurisdictions, now Romania in 2010).<\/p>\n

OCEANIA<\/strong>: Australia (multiple Jurisdictions, 1953).<\/p>\n

Note: the data about the years shown refers to the year the Jurisdiction was opened<\/p>\n

EDITORIAL DIRECTORS OF THE MAGAZINE
\n<\/strong>1933\/1938     Friar Domenico STELLA
\n<\/em>1939\/1943     Friar Giuseppe ABATE
\n<\/em>1943\/1945     Suspension of the press due to the war
\n<\/em>1946\/1966     Friar Giovanni BASTIANINI
\n<\/em>1967\/1972     Friar Angelo RUCCI
\n<\/em>1973\/1974     Friar Gentile DE SANTI
\n<\/em>1975\/1985     Friar Nicola GIANDOMENICO
\n<\/em>1986\/1988     Friar Salvatore ZAVARELLA OFM
\n<\/em>1988\/2003     Friar Vittorio TRANI
\n<\/em>2004\/2007     Friar Luciano MARINI
\n<\/em>2007\/2013     Friar Giambattista BUONAMANO
\n<\/em>Since 2013     Friar Paolo FIASCONARO<\/em><\/p>\n

DIRECTORS OF THE MISSION CENTER
\n<\/strong>1973-1990     Friar Matteo LUO
\n<\/em>1990\/1992     Friar Alessandro RICCIARELLI
\n<\/em>1993\/1994     Friar Francesco NOL\u00c8
\n<\/em>1994\/1998     Friar Antonio DI MARCANTONIO
\n<\/em>1999\/2007     Friar Luciano MARINI
\n<\/em>2007\/2013     Friar Giambattista BUONAMANO
\n<\/em>Since 2013     Friar Paolo FIASCONARO<\/em><\/p>\n

MASS MEDIA OF THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONARY CENTER
\n<\/strong>IL MISSIONARIO FRANCESCANO<\/em> – quarterly magazine printing 6,000 copies per issue
\nMISSIOCONVINFORMA <\/em>– online news agency with 600 mailings
\nWEBSITE<\/em>: www.ilmissionariofrancescano.org
\nYOUTUBE<\/em>: Canale Missioni OFMConv
\nEMAIL<\/em>: centromissionario.roma@gmail.com
\nONLINE<\/em> ARCHIVE<\/em>: single missions, distance adoptions, benefactors and subscribers<\/p>\n

HISTORICAL FILM LIBRARY (70s\/80s)
\n<\/strong>(Historic footage on 35mm film, re-released on DVD in 2014)<\/p>\n

I miei frati vadano per il mondo<\/em> [Let My Friars Go throughout the World] (33min.)
\nJapan – Zepisa:<\/em> \u201cLuci ad Oriente\u201d<\/em> [Lights in the East] (40 min.)
\nJapan – Nagasaki:<\/em> \u201cSolo l\u2019amore crea\u201d<\/em> [Only Love Can Create] (40 min.)
\nKorea:<\/em> \u201cIl paese del calmo mattino\u201d<\/em> [The Land of the Morning Calm] (25 min.)
\nIndonesia – Sumatra: \u201cI Karo\u201d<\/em> [The Karo People] (30 min.)
\nGhana: \u201cLebbra, tramonto di un dramma<\/em>\u201d [Leprosy, Sunset of a Drama] (30 min.)
\nGhana: \u201cTempo di preghiera\u201d <\/em>[Prayer Time] (40 min.)
\nGhana: \u201cUna piccola storia africana\u201d<\/em> [A Little African Story] (25 min.)
\nZambia: \u201cIl regno della speranza\u201d<\/em> [The Kingdom of Hope] (35 min.)
\nZambia e Malawi \u201c100 anni di attivit\u00e0 cattolica\u201d <\/em>[100 Years of Catholic Activity] – Episode 1: \u201cLa preghiera\u201d <\/em>[Prayer] (27 min.)
\nZambia e Malawi \u201c100 anni di attivit\u00e0 cattolica\u201d <\/em>[100 Years of Catholic Activity] – Episode 2: \u201cLa solidariet\u00e0<\/em>\u201d [Solidarity] (25 min.)
\nZambia e Malawi \u201c100 anni di attivit\u00e0 cattolica\u201d <\/em>[100 Years of Catholic Activity] – Episode 3: \u201cLa Fede\u201d <\/em>[Faith] (30 min.)<\/p>\n

CURRENT FILM LIBRARY
\n<\/strong>(On YOUTUBE: Canale Missioni OFMConv)<\/p>\n

I Beati Martiri del Per\u00f9<\/em> [The Blessed Martyrs of Peru] – 2015 (Italian\/Spanish)
\nBrasile – Una presenza per servire – 50\u00b0 anniversario <\/em>[Brazil – A Presence to Serve – 50th<\/sup> Anniversary] – 2015 (Italian\/Portuguese)
\nFra Antonio SINIBALDI: il frate, il missionario, l\u2019eroico sacrificio<\/em> [Friar Antonio SINIBALDI: The Friar, the Missionary, the Heroic Sacrifice] – 2015 (Italian\/Portuguese)
\nGhana: The Franciscan Presence in the Footsteps of St. Anthony of Padua<\/em> – 2018 (Italian\/English)
\nKenya: With Francis in the Spirit of Father Kolbe<\/em>– 2018 (Italian\/English)
\nP. Quirico PIGNALBERI: testimone di misericordia<\/em> [Father Quirico PIGNALBERI: Witness of Mercy] – 2017
\nLa carit\u00e0 non ha confini \u2013 la pastorale carceraria nel carcere di Regina Coeli<\/em> [Unconfined Charity – Prison Ministry at the Regina Coeli<\/em> Prison] – 2019
\nFrate movida \u2013 mission possibile sulle banchine del Tevere<\/em> [Friar Nightlife – Mission Possible on the Banks of the Tiber] – 2021
\n90 anni di storia della rivista Il Missionario Francescano<\/em> [90th<\/sup> Anniversary of the Magazine The Franciscan Missionary<\/em>] -2023<\/p>\n

MISSIONARY MUSEUM
\n<\/strong>Occupies four rooms on the fourth floor of the former Santa Dorotea Friary in Rome
\nFeatures relics and objects from Conventual Franciscan missions around the world
\nFeatures displays and thematic installations in the various rooms<\/p>\n

MISSION ANIMATION LOCATIONS
\n<\/strong>GENERAL SECRETARIAT FOR MISSION ANIMATION (SGAM) –
\n<\/em>The General Delegate: Friar Dariusz MAZUREK<\/em>, Friary of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe, Rome<\/p>\n

PROJECTS OFFICE OF THE ORDER<\/em> –
\nCoordinator: Friar Valerio FOLLI, Friary of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe, Rome <\/em><\/p>\n

FRANCISCAN<\/em> MISSIONARY CENTER ONLUS –
\nDirector: Friar Paolo FIASCONARO<\/em>, Santa Dorotea Church, Rome<\/p>\n

Note: The historical data was taken from the magazine<\/em> \u201cIl Missionario Francescano\u201d <\/em>with updates from the book \u201cAndate e annunziate\u2026presenza missionaria dei Frati Minori Conventuali nel mondo – 2022\u201d <\/em>[Go and Proclaim: The Presence of Friars Minor Conventual in the World \u2013 2022<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Friar Paolo FIASCONARO
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