Planning for the 800th anniversary of the Transitus
The General Committee for Franciscan Centenaries sends a Letter to all National Franciscan Families Letter on how to plan for the Transitua
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June 2025: Venerable Matt Talbot (1856-1925)
Matt Talbot was a humble Dublin workman whose life of prayer and penance has become well known since his death on June 7, 1925. Matt was born on 2 May 1856 into a working-class family in Dublin’s inner city. From his early teens up to the age of twenty-eight Matt Talbot was addicted to alcohol, …
CIOFS introduces a new logo
The CIOFS Presidency has approved a new corporate brand design centered around the international OFS logo. The logo seeks to express the nature of the OFS, being Franciscan, secular and an order. It picks up the Franciscan element of the old logo — namely, the Tau “T”. The new design eliminates the Latin words around …
KOINÕNIA – 01 – 2025: A PRAISE BORN FROM SUFFERING
KOINÕNIA – 01 – 2025: A PRAISE BORN FROM SUFFERING
May 2025: Venerable Sergio and Domenica Bernardini (1882 & 1889)
An Italian Secular Franciscan couple who raised 10 children has been recognised as venerable by Pope Francis. The Bernardinis are the third married couple in the history of the Church to receive this title (they were preceded by Blessed Luigi and Blessed Maria Beltrame and St. Louis and St. Zelie Martin.) Eight of the Bernardini …
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CIOFS announces Secular Franciscan Day of Solidarity
The day of solidarity will be celebrated annually on Nov. 17. Letter from Minister General (PDF) Day of Solidarity flyer (PDF)
Franciscan general ministers remember Pope Francis
A Pope Who Gave Substance to the Franciscan Charism Letter from general ministers (PDF)
How to celebrate 8th centenary (Canticle of Brother Sun)
The Formation Secretariat offers this guide to celebrating the the Franciscan 8th centenary in 2025. 800 years of the Canticle of Brother Sun (PDF)
TRIALS AND SUFFERINGS OF FAMILIES
The Family Commission offers a reflection on the trials and sufferings of families and their relationship to the Stigmata and Easter. Family: Stigmata and Easter (PDF)
April 2025: Benedict-Joseph Labre (1748-1783) (April 16)
Benedict-Joseph Labre was born in Amettes (France), diocese of Arras, the eldest of a family of fifteen children. Labre’s uncle, a parish priest, gladly received him, and undertook his early education for the priesthood. At the age of sixteen, Benedict-Joseph approached his uncle about becoming a Trappist monk, but his parents told him he would …
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