Saturday, 7 January at 11.00 a.m. in Greccio will mark the inauguration of the Franciscan Centenary, a journey full of events that the Franciscan Family has organised to celebrate together the 800th anniversary of St Francis' Passover and the culminating events of the last years of his life.
The Centenary is divided into 4 Centenaries spread over four years, in which we will be able to reflect and contemplate the Rule and Christmas at Greccio (1223-2023), the gift of the Stigmata (1224-2024), the Canticle of the Creatures (1225-2025) and the Passover of Francis of Assisi (1226-2026).
For the occasion, the Franciscan Family, through a Commission of Communication Offices, has created the official website www.centenarifrancescani.org to distribute reflections, themes, official documents, and news that will provide guidelines for sharing this great Franciscan event.
The Centenaries are part of a single thematic project, which will develop gradually and harmoniously following the chronology of the events celebrated.
The key themes proposed for the celebration of the Centenaries will be considered from multiple perspectives, present in each celebration, which refer to the theological (our being in Christ), anthropological (our being brothers and sisters), ecclesiological (our being in communion) and sociological (our being in the world) dimensions.
The celebration of the Centenaries becomes a suitable occasion to support, as Franciscan Family, the ecclesial reform that the Pope is carrying out in his pontificate.
Moreover, the celebration of Centenaries also has handbooks with the aim and purpose of looking to the future and charismatically strengthening our Franciscan identity.
This centenary is aimed at the entire Franciscan Family and all women and men who feel challenged by the figure of Francis of Assisi, his life, and his work.
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