Latest News
Seeing the Doors in the Life and Death of St. Francis
A message from Minister General Tibor Kauser, OFS, celebrating the last year of the Franciscan jubilees. Minister General’s Letter on the Transitus (PDF)...
SPIRITUAL ASSISTANCE AND ITS ROLE WITHIN THE OFS
SPIRITUAL ASSISTANCE AND ITS ROLE WITHIN THE OFS (PDF_ ...
October: BLESSED ANTOINE CHEVRIER (1826-1879)
Born in Lyon (France) in 1826, Antoine Chevrier came from a family of modest means. He entered the Saint Irénée seminary and was ordained priest for the diocese of Lyon in 1850. Sent then as vicar to the parish of S. André de la Guillotière, in a poor and working-class district of Lyon, he discovered...
A course based on “Stigmata and Easter of Families”
The Family Commission is pleased to provide a lesson plan for the booklet, “Trials and Suffering of Families: Stigmata and Easter!” Lesson Plan / Course (PDF)...
The 2nd OFS‑YOUFRA Pan‑African Congress
From August 21 to 26, 2026, the 2nd OFS–YouFra Pan-African Congress took place in Kampala, Uganda, under the central theme “Be Peacemakers.” The motto guiding the gathering was: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called Sons of God” (Mt 5:9). It should be noted that the 1st Pan-African OFS–YouFra Congress took place in...