Franciscan Youth Meeting
More than 2,500 young people met in Assisi from August 3 to 6. They participated
for Community
…for Community
"The Lord gave me some brothers."
–St. Francis of Assisi, Testament
Conventuals speak in the name of something greater than ourselves. We are not a collection of individual voices, but a chorus harmonizing for the advancement of the Kingdom. Francis understood the men who came to follow him as a gift from the Lord; he received and celebrated that gift! The friars’ life in fraternity is the heart of our charism and exists as our primary mission. Community life, in the Franciscan vision, is an end in and of itself.
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Confessors at St. Peter’s Basilica
Conventual Franciscan friars have served as the official confessors at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome
First Profession
Four men profess first vows as Conventual Franciscan friars. The week of July 17, Friar
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Inquire of a Friar
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