
The Shell Adds Two New Pilgrimages
As we begin the 800th anniversary of the Easter (Transitus) of St. Francis, the Order’s
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.

As we begin the 800th anniversary of the Easter (Transitus) of St. Francis, the Order’s

Friar Michael Lasky, General Delegate for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC), visited in

In 2026, the Province of Our Lady of Consolation (OLC) is commemorating 100 years of
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