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…

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…

Br. Carlos Cartagena died on April 26, 2017 in the friary of St. Anthony of Padua in Santiago de Chile. He had entered the Order on March 4, 1945, professed temporary vows on February 11, 1952 and perpetual vows the following year. He was ordained…

The participation of the three OFM General Ministers in the seventh Congress of the School of Higher Franciscan Studies (ESEF) concluded on May 23, 2017. After having listened to the three I have the certainty that the unity of the Obediences will occur sooner or…

Nella riunione della Conferenza Cappuccina di Brasile (CCB) tenutasi a Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brasile, è stato eletto il nuovo Consiglio di Presidenza della Conferenza, il 25 di maggio 2017, per i prossimi due anni dal 2017-2019. Presidente: fr. Carlos Silva (São Paulo) Vice-Presidente:…