This year is the 750th anniversary of the death of the Seraphic Doctor (d. July 15, 1274). On February 2, 2024, the Ministers General of the First Order and the…
Friar Peter Damian Massengill received a phone call in the middle of night from his provincial, Friar Wayne Hellmann, who was attending the General Chapter in Rome. The Minister General…
Franciscan Popes - Part 6 (An excerpt from a presentation by friar Joseph Wood OFM Conv.Read the introduction to this seriesRead Part 2 of the the series: Pope Gregory XI?Part…
Franciscan Popes - Part 5 (An excerpt from a presentation by friar Joseph Wood OFM Conv.Read the introduction to this seriesRead Part 2 of the the series: Pope Gregory XI?Part…
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…
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…