In April, Friar Michael Lasky, the General Delegate for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) visited the Novitiate in Arroyo Grande, California. While there, he taught a class about…
Conventual Franciscan Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo, who participated as a cardinal elector, spoke about the process and the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the Church’s 267th pope, Pope Leo…
Friar Carlos A. Trovarelli, Minister General, wrote a 'Greeting to Pope Leo XIV.' You can read the entire message at ofmconv.net - ...We clearly recall what St. Francis of Assisi…
The rule and life of the Order Friars Minor Conventual is to observe the Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ by living in obedience, without anything of one's own,…
During Holy Week and Easter, the postulants visited the Conventual Franciscan Novitiate in Arroyo Grande, California. The visit gave the postulants a chance to see what their next stage of…
Bishops around the United States began issuing tributes to Pope Francis soon after the news of his death on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis was 88 and in the 13th…