{"id":74702,"date":"2024-10-28T13:32:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T12:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/celebrazione-polacca-dell800-anniversario-delle-stimmate\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:10:30","slug":"celebrazione-polacca-dell800-anniversario-delle-stimmate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/celebrazione-polacca-dell800-anniversario-delle-stimmate\/","title":{"rendered":"800\u1d57\u02b0 Anniversary of the Stigmata Celebrated in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On October 25-26, 2024, members of all three families of the Franciscan First Order in Poland\u2015the Friars Minor, Friars Minor Conventual and Friars Minor Capuchin\u2015celebrated the 800<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of our father St. Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata. The main celebrations were organized in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event began with a procession displaying relics of St. Francis, in particular, the dressing that covered the wound on his side. The Custos of the Custody of the Sacred Convent of Assisi, Friar Marco MORONI, personally carried the relic.<br \/>\nRepresentatives from the ten Franciscan Provinces in Poland, together with their Major Superiors, honored each individual relic by singing the Litany of St. Francis and some Franciscan hymns during the procession.<br \/>\nThe friars also listened to three speeches delivered by Friar Konrad CHOLEWA, Magdalena LUDERA and Friar Filip CZUB. They each gave detailed presentations on the event from eight hundred years ago. They showed the stigmatization of St. Francis of Assisi in the paintings of eminent European painters throughout the centuries, from the Middle Ages to the present day. They also talked about the history of Poland\u2019s Mount La Verna, namely, Alwernia, near Cracow.<br \/>\nFinally, the friars were treated to a unique and exceptional play about the search for love and the meaning of suffering, entitled: <em>\u201cSomewhere on Top of the Mountain&#8230;La Verna.\u201d<\/em> It was staged by the theater community of the Franciscan Youth and Vocation Center in Chorz\u00f3w and was written and directed by Magdalena PIETNOCZKA. The friars rewarded the artists with thunderous applause.<br \/>\nNext year, all Franciscans will come together to celebrate the 800<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of St. Francis composing the <em>Canticle of the Sun<\/em>, this time in Kalwaria Pac\u0142awska, near Przemy\u015bl, Poland. Finally, in two years, they will celebrate the 800<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of St. Francis\u2019 birth into heaven. The event will take place in G\u00f3ra \u015awi\u0119tej Anny, in Poland\u2019s Opole Province.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Friar Jan M. SZEWEK<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 25-26, 2024, members of all three families of the Franciscan First Order in Poland\u2015the Friars Minor, Friars Minor Conventual and Friars Minor Capuchin\u2015celebrated the 800th anniversary of our father St. Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata. The main celebrations were organized in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland. 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