On July 5 at the Franciscan House of Studies on Chicago’s North Side, we welcomed six men into the Conventual Franciscan Postulancy Program.Postulancy is a year of initial formation, designed…
The Province of Our Lady of Consolation recently held a Province Assembly on Interculturality and Intergenerational Living at Holy Cross Retreat Center in Mesilla Park, New Mexico. Friars from the…
Other Popes making significant contributions to Francescana Pope Paul VI approved the updated Rule for the OFS in 1978.Pope John Paul I, born Albino Luciani, was elected pope in August…
Friar Joseph Wood, Assistant General for the Conventual Franciscan Friars (CFF), continued his canonical visitations across the United States in May and June of 2024. Canonical visitations are a way…
Friar Martin de Porres Maria Ward welcomed Sister Death on June 22, 1999. He was 81 years old and had lived 51 years as a Conventual Franciscan Friar – much…
Franciscan Popes - Part 10 (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…