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03 February 2026

The Vicar General inaugurates St. Anthony’s Academy in Madurai

India, Province of St. Thomas the Apostle

On 30 January 2026, Br. Ignacio Ceja Jimenez, OFM Vicar General, inaugurated St. Anthony’s Academy, a newly ...
02 February 2026

Pope Leo XIV celebrates the XXX World Day of Consecrated Life

“May they be a leaven of peace and a sign of hope”

On the 2nd February, 2026, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Pope Leo XIV presided at Holy Mass in St...
02 February 2026

OFS, Fraternal and Pastoral Visit and Elective Chapter in Lebanon

The first visit since 2013

The National Fraternity of Secular Franciscans of Lebanon finally received its fraternal and pastoral visitati...
02 February 2026

Poland, temporary exhibition at the Ethnographic Museum of Wrocław

Images of St. Francis from the collection of Prof. Franciszek Kusiak

In the year of the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi (†1226), an exhibition dedicated ...
31 January 2026

Reflections by Br. Massimo – January 2026

Pilgrims of the hope which does not disappoint (Romans 5:5)

On January 10, 2026, as the Jubilee of Hope concluded, the Year of Saint Francis began to commemorate the eigh...
30 January 2026

Pro Monialibus, Immaculate Conception Federation in Brazil

On the 29th January, 2026, a new government was elected

On the 29th January 2026, the new government of the Immaculate Conception Federation of Monasteries of the Ord...
30 January 2026

Chile, First National Meeting of Young Franciscans

Castro, 20th-25th January 2026

Under the motto "Brothers, because we are one in Him", about 150 young people from 13 Franciscan presences of ...
29 January 2026

India, inauguration of the Centenary of the Transitus

In the presence of the Vicar General of the OFM

The Franciscan jubilee spirit was palpable at St. Louis Friary, Palamaner (Province of St. Thomas the Apostle,...
26 January 2026

Intermediate Chapter of the Province of St. Francis of Assisi in Vietnam

New Provincial Definitory elected

From January 19 to 28, 2026, the Province of St. Francis of Assisi in Vietnam is holding its Intermediate Chap...
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