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Advent - 2018

Heart’s distractions and Advent Advent it is a time to renew our enthusiasm even amidst the personal struggle to renew our hope towards holiness and loving. Church reminds us of that. We have to be constantly prepared to be filled with grace and love. Many…

December 7, 2018
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La sapienza da ricordare (Tarcisio)

A Capuchin Friar Brother Tacisio is running 75 now. He is a Capuchin Brother from Sardegna serving at our General Curia as Vice General Secretary. Being a calm person he transmits that serenity to the brothers there. Despite his age, he is very open to…

November 3, 2018
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San Giovanni XXIII e la Chiesa all’abbraccio con la modernità

Oggi ricordiamo (11.Ottobre) San Giovanni XXIII il papa che rivoluzionò la chiesa attraverso il Concilio Vaticano II. Un uomo santo, e santo per l'oggi, non perché papa, ma perché seppe mettere il vangelo sempre davanti a tutto. Per questo papa Francesco ha scelto questa data…

October 11, 2018
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Feast of St. Francis

On the feast of Saint Francis, we, the General Secretaries for Formation, wish you an evangelical life full of meaning, openness to the will of God at all times, sensitive to the needs of the poor, creative and concrete in the way of witnessing our…

October 3, 2018
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Tanti Auguri

Tanti auguri al Nuovo Ministro, fra Roberto Genuin e il suo consiglio generale! Questo il consiglio generale.1.Carlos Silva Brasile2. José Angel Torres Rivera - Porto Rico3.Johon Battista Palliparambil - India4.Norbert Auberlin Solondrazana - Africa5. Pio Murat - Francia6.Piotr Stasinski - Polonia7.Victorius Dwiardy - Indonesia8.Kilian Ngitir…

September 13, 2018
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Become Co-creators of the goodness of God

Goodness of God “We all need to become aware of the goodness of the Creator God who manifests that in varied forms,” was the reflection of Br. Mauro our General Minister during the Mass this morning. Our heart has to be open to that goodness…

September 2, 2018
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Capuchin life is beautiful & let us further prepare ourselves with Ratio

Dear Brothers, Pace e bene! We are grateful to God for the blessings He has gifted us in these six years of collaboration with you, in the training of the Formators, initial formation and for the ongoing formative courses. Now the text of the Ratio…

August 20, 2018
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A CRISIS. REFORM IN A RETURN TO CONTEMPLATION

[Dear Brothers here in we present two articles of Br. Kees Thönissen Ofm Cap., a Franciscan Scholar from South Africa, who makes a fraternal call to return to Contemplation to renew our Capuchin Life. You would find the Second Part in our Website: www.sgfcap.org We…

August 15, 2018
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St. Clare our model of contemplation & affective love

Today is the feast of St. Clare, our sister and model of faith; first seedling of the garden of St Francis. Noble, with princely marriage promises, goes in search of Francis, despised at first as a beggar and revolutionary. She escapes from the castle at…

August 11, 2018
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Advent - 2018

La sapienza da ricordare (Tarcisio)

San Giovanni XXIII e la Chiesa all’abbraccio con la modernità

Feast of St. Francis

Tanti Auguri

Become Co-creators of the goodness of God

Capuchin life is beautiful & let us further prepare ourselves with Ratio

A CRISIS. REFORM IN A RETURN TO CONTEMPLATION

St. Clare our model of contemplation & affective love

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