18.06.2013

Resignation of Br. Cesar Acuin

ROME, Italy - Br. Cesar Acuin, General Definitor for PACC, asked to resign for reasons of health.  In the ordinary session of the General Definitory on...

14.06.2013

Province of Malta - Elections

MP: Martin Micallef VP: Valentin Calleja 2D: Ivan Scicluna 3D: Hayden Williams 4D: John Vella   Elected: 11 and 13/06/2013 Place: Rabat - Malta President:...

13.06.2013

Province of Germany - Elections

MP: Marinus Parzinger VP: Bernd Kober 2D: Bernd Beermann 3D: Jose Vettikatte 4D: Laurentius M. Wenk   Elected: 11-12/06/2013 Place: Reute  President: Br....

05.06.2013

Province of Switzerland - Elections

MP: Agostino Del Pietro VP: Damian Keller 2D: Beat Pfammatter 3D: Jean-Marc Gaspoz 4D: Boris Muther   Elected 04/06/2013 Place: St. Maurice, Switzerland...

31.05.2013

Province of Pennsylvania - Elections

MP: David Nestler (reelected) VP: Michael Joyce 2D: Robert Toomey 3D: Moises Villalta 4D: Robert Marva   Elected 29-31.5.2013 Place: Doubletree Inn, Pittsburgh,...

29.05.2013

Province of Syracuse - Elections

MP: Gaetano La Speme VP: Vincenzo La Porta 2D: Rocco Quattrocchi 3D: Nello Scarpulla 4D: Giuseppe Gurciullo   Elected: 29/05/2013 Place: Ragusa, Centro...

28.05.2013

Brazil: Celebrations for Two Capuchins in May

FLORES DA CUNHA (RS), Brazil – The 25th Br. Salvador Pinzetta (1911-1972) Pilgrimage will be on May 30, the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. Br....

27.05.2013

Documents about Mission – Now available in English

A list of documents of the Order and the Church about Missioni s now available on this site. Please go in the menu to “Docx” and choose according to your...

25.05.2013

Franciscan WYD Rio 2013

Embracing the itinerancy of Francis and his followers we want to be pilgrims ofLord, enthusiastically journeying toward the land of the Holy Cross in our...

24.05.2013

Br. Nicholas Polichnowski elected General Minister of the TOR

GAMING, Austria – Br. Nicholas Polichnowski of the Province of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (USA) has been elected as General Minister to lead the TOR...

23.05.2013

New General Minister of the OFM

Br. Michael Anthony Perry has been elected General Minister of the Order of Friars Minor ad complendum sexennium . Born in Indianapolis (USA) in 1954,...

17.05.2013

Province of Central Canada - Elections

MP: David Connolly (reelected) VP: Henry Alva 2D: Joseph Lourdusamy 3D: Louis Mousseau 4D: John Frampton   Elected: 15-16/05/2013 Place: Saint Francis...

15.05.2013

ASMEN - Elections

President: Clarence Hayat (VP Pakistan)   elected: 15/05/2013 place: Athens, Greece term: 2 years      

11.05.2013

Permanent Exhibition of the Body of Padre Pio

The relics of the body of St. Pio of Pietrelcina will be permanently exhibited for veneration beginning on June 1.   The prefect of the Congregation for...

08.05.2013

Province of Foggia - Elections

MP: Francesco Colacelli (reelected) VP: Francesco Langi 2D: Francesco Dileo 3D: Maurizio Placentino 4D: Gianmaria Digiorgio   Elected: 08/05/2013 Place:...

03.05.2013

Inter-Franciscan Gathering in Bologna

BOLOGNA, Italy - A day of fraternity with all the member communities of MOFRA ( Movimento Francescano Italiano ) was held last Saturday, April 27, at the...

02.05.2013

What ‘Mission’ for the future? – Meeting of Provincial Secretaries of Northern Italy

MILAN, Italy – At the Mission Center of Milan, on Wednesday, April 10, there was a meeting called “What ‘Mission’ for the Future?” at which participated...

29.04.2013

CCA - Elections

President: José Alarcón Gómez (PR Peru) Vice Presidente: Ernesto Romero (VP Venezuela) Secretary: Miguel Ángel Tirado (PR Peru)   Asunción, 12/04/2013...

26.04.2013

Church of Deir Ezzor after the Explosion

DEIR EZZOR, Syria – These pictures show the ruins of our church in Deir Ezzor, Syria, after the explosion this past April 15.                          ...

25.04.2013

CECOC - Elections

President: Andrzej Kiejza (PR Warsaw) Vice Presidente: Leon Budau (CU Romania) Segretary: Paweł Teperski (PR Krakow)   One year term Elected 24/4/...