Virginija Mickute

6th Asia-Oceania OFS-YouFra Congress: “Go and Repair My Church!”

The 6th Asia-Oceania OFS-YouFra Congress is taking place from October 23–29, 2025, in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, under the motto “Go and Repair My Church!” The Congress gathers around 70 participants from across the region and marks the first such event since the 5th Congress in Bali, Indonesia (2017), following a long pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …

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Secular Franciscans at the OFM Chapter of Mats: Strengthening Fraternity in the Franciscan Family

by Virginija Mickute, OFS From June 2–8, 2025, the International Chapter of Mats was held at St. Mary of the Angels in Assisi. Fr. Massimo Fusarelli, OFM, Minister General, and his Definitory envisioned this Chapter as a synodal journey involving the entire Franciscan Family – friars, sisters, and laypeople – to prophetically renew the identity …

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