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Eighth Centenary of the Birth of St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio

Every celebration of a centenary offers us a chance to draw nearer to the saint we are commemorating. This year we have the eighth centenary of the birth of St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio.

July 25, 2017

BICI n. 305

July 6, 2017

Reading of the decree super virtutibus of Ven. M. Costanza Panas, Capuchin Poor Clare

Fabriano, Italy, 28 May 2017 – On the afternoon of the solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, in the cathedral of Fabriano (Ancona province, Italy), which has just reopened after the earthquakes of last summer and fall, the decree to recognize Servant of God…

June 22, 2017

Venerable Giacomo of Balduina

On June 16, 2017, Pope Francis authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to issue the decree super virtutibus for Giacomo of Balduina, priest and confessor, member of the Province of the Holy Cross, who died at Lourdes and is buried there.

June 21, 2017

BICI n. 304

June 8, 2017

Europe Project: Cracow Meeting

The coordinating group of the friars commissioned by the General Minister for the Europe Project met from May 16 to 20, 2017. The Province of Cracow (Poland) welcomed the participants at the friary of Cracow (Olszanica). A little history The first meeting of the Europe…

June 8, 2017

Forty years of the OFS Rule

This year is the fortieth anniversary of the publication of the Rule of the OFS (Secular Franciscan Order) by Pope Blessed Paul VI with the apostolic letter Seraphicus Patriarcha on June 24, 1978. For the occasion this year, the four General Assistants to the OFS…

June 2, 2017

July 3: Capuchin Family Day

July 3 is a special day in the Capuchin calendar, for it is the date of the papal bull Religionis zelus (1528) by which the Capuchin reform was recognized officially 489 years ago. Each year on this day we are able to remember that we…