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 […]
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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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A report by Kelly Moltzen, OFS, USA New and exciting initiatives, like the Great Green Wall across 11 African countries, were addressed at the The Laudato Si Generation Conference held in Nairobi, Kenya July 15 and 16. It focused on the role of faith and religion in the care for our common home, the role
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Calling it their “Beatitudes” Chapter, Secular Franciscans in Great Britain held a Chapter of Mats June 21-23, 2019, to mark the close of the year celebrating the 40th anniversary of the OFS Rule approved by Pope Blessed Paul VI in 1978. National Minister Betsy Hart, OFS, described the chapter’s theme: “The essence of our Franciscan
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