From Wounds, New Life
On January 5, 2024, at the Sanctuary of La Verna, Italy, the opening celebration of the 800th anniversary of the Stigmata of St. Francis (1224-2024) took place on Mount La…
On January 5, 2024, at the Sanctuary of La Verna, Italy, the opening celebration of the 800th anniversary of the Stigmata of St. Francis (1224-2024) took place on Mount La…
From November 24 to December 3, 2023, Friar Michael Lasky visited the postulants of the Conventual Franciscan Federation (CFF) at the St. Bonaventure Friary in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The visit…
The Order of Friars Minor Conventual currently has 25 archbishops and bishops serving around the world. The Order also has two cardinals. On November 20-22, 2023, 18 of these Conventual…
Thanksgiving is the holiday for which more people travel to be with others. We Franciscans certainly do our share of travel to celebrate the day of thanks. For over forty…
On November 29, 1223, Pope Honorius III confirmed the Rule presented to him by St. Francis. In 2023, 800 years later, we celebrate this confirmation of the Later Rule. Members…
Even though Vocation Awareness Week has ended, please continue to keep in prayer our men in formation, our vocation directors, and all those discerning a religious vocation.